April 28, 2011 Exxon stood head and shoulders above the other big five oil companies with first-quarter profits of nearly $10.7 billion. CAP’s Valeri Vasquez has the details. The first anniversary of the BP fatal oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico reminded Americans of the enormous human and economic costs of our oil dependence. […]
John D. Sutter- (CNN) — One year after the chocolaty crude started spewing out of the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the largest accidental oil spill in history, scientists say they’re still trying to piece together what’s happening to the environment. Some potential clues about the impact of the spill have made […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2011) — Tips to reduce your carbon footprint frequently include buying compact florescent light bulbs, taking your own bag to the grocery store or buying local produce. But how much difference do these actions make? A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that who you are and […]
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 April 2011 11.46 BST Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show BP officials discussing how to influence the work of scientists A clean-up operation on Queen Bess Island, June 2010. BP pledged a $500m fund for independent research into the consequences of the Gulf of […]
13 April 2011 | Nature 472, 152-154 (2011) |by, Mark Schrope The Gulf of Mexico oil spill set records for its size and depth. A year on, the biggest impacts seem to be where they are hardest to spot. Late last year, oceanographers prowling the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico came upon what […]
Coral Reef Fact: Sea turtles are resilient to physical attacks such as shark bites. However, they are very susceptible to the effects of chemicals such as oil at all stages of life. Oil impacts sea turtle egg development, skin, blood, and the digestive and immune systems. It can, also, cause the mortality of hatchlings. Source: […]
The carbon dioxide we pump into the air is seeping into the oceans and slowly acidifying them. One hundred years from now, will oysters, mussels, and coral reefs survive? National Geographic Magazine April 2011 By Elizabeth Kolbert Castello Aragonese is a tiny island that rises straight out of the Tyrrhenian Sea like a tower. Seventeen […]
By Marilyn Heiman, Special to CNN March 24, 2011 10:03 a.m. EDT (CNN) — The Exxon Valdez catastrophe on March 24, 1989, no longer holds the distinction of being the largest oil spill ever in U.S. waters. In sheer size, it was eclipsed last April by the disastrous well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. […]