A good overview of the plastic’s problem and the message is to cut off the supply at the source. See here
Lessons from the Deep: Exploring the Gulf of Mexico’s Deep-Sea Ecosystems Ed Materials http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/guide/welcome.html
EAST GRAND TERRE ISLAND, La. — At the end of an oil-stained sandy spit, four researchers cautiously approached a pair of black and white birds with comically long orange beaks. Read the full article
November 4, 2010 at 8:28 p.m. – Associated Press PENSACOLA — Federal scientists say they have found damage to deep sea corals and other marine life several miles from where BP’s blown-out well spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration along with Penn […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2010 (ENS) – Three conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against oil giant BP under the Endangered Species Act for they claim is the “ongoing unlawful harm or killing of endangered and threatened wildlife” caused by the company’s Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the full story
NCSE Launches a new OCEAN-OIL (Online Clearinghouse for Education And Networking – Oil Interdisciplinary Learning) project. OCEAN-OIL will be a comprehensive online teaching resource on the oil disaster and its impacts on the Gulf of Mexico. This project has been developed in collaboration with Boston and Louisiana State Universities with National Science Foundation funding. Check […]
This is the fourth cruise in a four-year project to discover and characterize deep-water coral communities in the Gulf of Mexico, to conduct a variety of experiments and analyses that will help us to predict where other communities will be found, and to understand why we find them where we do. Read more about NOAA’s […]
Story on Democracy Now!, a daily independent radio and TV news program: Should an oil giant responsible for the worst spill in US history play a role in what public school children learn about the environment? Well, if you’re in California, there’s a good chance they will. BP has helped develop the new environmental curriculum […]
By HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writer Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writer – Mon Oct 4, 5:26 pm ET NEW ORLEANS – Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-water blowout in the coming months because they have yet to incorporate many of the lessons learned during the BP disaster, experts inside and […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2010) — Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read the full article