New-Found Phenomenon That May Improve Hurricane Forecasts – DECEMBER 28, 2020 (From Ocean News & Technology / December 28, 2020) In a year like no other, it’s certainly fitting that we had hurricane season that followed suit. It seemed every time we turned around, there was a tropical disturbance brewing that eventually became a named…
Still fighting Gulf oil spill’s lasting impact – SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 (From The Villages Daily Sun / Michael Salerno / September 20, 2020) Tears poured down the faces of people in Pensacola Beach at the sight of sands and animals soaked in oil. Its creeping eastward scourge in June 2010, two months after the Deepwater…
Deepwater Horizon: What we learned from worst oil spill ever – JUNE 10, 2020 (From The Christian Science Monitor / Doug Struck / June 10, 2020) Why We Wrote This – When a long-term project winds down, reflecting on gains and losses is part of the process. Thousands of experts studied oil spills and the…
FSU researchers study Gulf of Mexico in international collaboration – MAY 6, 2020 (From EurekAlert! / May 6, 2020) When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a blowout in 2010 and began spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists got to work understanding the effects of that disaster. But limited data on the typical…
The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Fueled a Gulf Science Bonanza – APRIL 22, 2020 (From Wired / by Eric Niiler / April 22, 2020) A decade after the worst oil spill in US history, researchers have turned out a massive data set charting the health of the ecosystem. After the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded a…
10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil pollution found in thousands of fish, study says – APRIL 20, 2020 (From CNN / by Ashley Strickland / April 20, 2020) (CNN) – Oil pollution has been detected in thousands of fish in the Gulf of Mexico, including higher levels in popular seafood choices like…
Sparkling waters hide some lasting harm from 2010 oil spill – APRIL 20, 2020 (From New York Post / by Associated Press / April 20, 2020) NEW ORLEANS — Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and touching off the nation’s worst offshore…
OUR FISH: Deepwater Horizon oil fouled the Gulf of Mexico 10 years ago and still affects fisheries – APRIL 18, 2020 (From nwfdailynews / by Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspapers / April 18, 2020) It exploded with a fatal fury on the night of April 20, 2010. The inferno shot flames hundreds of feet into…
A decade after BP spill, Gulf of Mexico has rebounded, but wounds still visible – APRIL 18, 2020 (From NOLA.com / by Sara Sneath / April 18, 2020) It’s been 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 people and spewing about 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico…
Ten years later, BP oil spill continues to harm wildlife—especially dolphins – APRIL 17, 2020 (From National Geographic / by Joan Meiners / April 17, 2020) Some species, such as brown pelicans, have rebounded, while long-lived species have been hindered for generations. Still, data is scarce. New Orleans, Louisiana – On April 20, 2010, an…