ST. PETERSBURG — Far from being gone, the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster appears to still be causing ecological damage in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from University of South Florida scientists. Read the St. Petersburg Times article
WASHINGTON — A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the August 24, 2010 Associated Press article
It’s the biggest environmental disaster in American history – and BP is making it worse Read the August 5, 2010 Rolling Stone article
A few million dollars invested by governments in restoring nature could prevent far greater losses of the free services that ecosystems provide to people around the world, a U.N. report said on Thursday. Read the Reuters article
Coral populations in the Gulf of Mexico could fall because of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster—from contact not with oil but with the dispersant that’s supposed to get rid of it. Read the New Scientist article
ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2010) — Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have created the first frozen bank for Hawaiian corals in an attempt to protect them from extinction and to preserve their diversity in Hawaii. Read the full article
“Nature has provided Sydney scientists with a brilliant underwater palette of colours that will help cancer research.” Read the Sydney Morning Herald August 14, 2010 article
“Chance discovery off Key Largo leads to ocean farms for fragile, but enormously important, species.” Read the Sun Sentinel August 13, 2010 article
“Scientists at University of Guam Marine Lab have uncovered the evolutionary origins of coral sex.” Read the oneindia article
“The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument—a pristine haven for coral and other marine life, and a treasured site of ancient Hawaiian shrines—has been named a U.N. World Heritage site.” Read the Associated Press August 2, 2010 article