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The gigantic oil giant BP had to have been happy to get some good press on October 20, the 6-month anniversary of the beginning one of the two worst oil spills in U.S. history. The explosion that killed 11 rig workers and destroyed the well in the Gulf of Mexico, which ultimately released about 140 million gallons of oil, creating a slick twice the size of New Jersey (about 16,000 square miles).
How is the BP oil spill affecting the coastal areas in the Gulf of Mexico? You can actually mine out an interesting set of first-person accounts on YouTube and get a good sense of what is really happening, as seen below. Here is the first HSW beach report…
The following video is fascinating – it demonstrates the use of microbes in Texas to clean up oil floating on the ocean as well as oil that has contaminated marshes and wetlands…
Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico… The disaster continues
by Marshall Brain | June 2, 2010
Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico… The disaster continues:
Robots succeed, cut well pipe; oil gushes into Gulf
But there is some glimmer of hope that the end of the geyser may be near…
We are all aware of the gigantic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Millions of gallons of oil will end up destroying beautiful beaches, abundant commercial fishing grounds (oyster, shrimp and fish are all products of the Gulf), nature preserves and wetlands used by birds and fish. The leaking oil may move toward fragile [...]
With millions of gallons of oil still spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, and oil now coming on shore, containment of the oil in the water becomes a priority. The containment technology most used is the floating oil boom. There are schools all across the country that teach oil industry employees how to deploy boom correctly, but it does not appear that these techniques are being used in the Gulf. Click here to learn about the right and wrong way to deploy oil booms…
Earlier this week, I heard about the South Florida teen who shaved her head to make a statement as well as a boom — a hair-stuffed oil boom fashioned to soak up the mess that’s still pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. Since there’s always been a place for strange hair stories on this science blog (“No poo”! Hair mats!), hair booms seem like a logical topic to discuss.
Oil continues to spray into the Gulf of Mexico at rates that may end up destroying the Gulf from an environmental, sea food and tourism standpoint. It truly is a mess. In the following video you can see one of the massive jets of oil and natural gas escaping from the ocean floor…
“The Lorax” was first published by Dr. Suess in 1971. This was during the dark ages of environmental protection. Keep in mind that the EPA did not open its doors until December of 1970, and at that point the amount of pollution in the United States was staggering. One of the events that brought the EPA into being was the fire on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio in June of 1969. Yes, an entire river lit on fire, as seen in this video…
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now gigantic. These two links can help get a sense of the scale. The first is an animation that shows how the spill has grown since April 22: Tracking the oil spill The second overlays the spill on familiar cities: If You Think You Have a [...]
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