Under a grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of researchers is currently conducting a new investigation into how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected tiny creatures that live in intertidal regions on beaches.The investigation is being conducted about five months after the semi-submersible d... |
8 October 2010
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Officials at the National Incident Command (NIC) announce the release of a new report, which details the faith of the oil that was spilled in the Gulf of Mexico starting April 20. Investigators from the cross-agency task force determined that only 26 percent of the crude can still be found as light sheens or weathere... |
5 August 2010
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Since April 20, thousands of barrels of crude have been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico from the site of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. After the platform sunk, on April 22, a massive spill ensued, and researchers have been unable to determine precisely how much oil was pouring out of the three exposed wellhead... |
28 May 2010
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One of the most defining traits of any oil spill is the fact that it's black. The tar and crude cover the surface of land or water in a thin, black layer, which causes a lot of damage, and also gives the slick its characteristic look. But this does not appear to be the case with the most recent disaster of this ... |
25 May 2010
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Exactly ten days ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. 48 hours later, on April 22, it sank, and triggered a large oil spill, which became apparent a couple of days later. Since then, the size of the oil slick has increased constantly, as authorities attempted ... |
30 April 2010
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Between 20 and 170 million migratory birds, from all over North America, set their nests in Canada's northern (or boreal) forests each year, as part of their breeding season. Some of them are already endangered, due to hunting or other factors, and the risk of them disappearing entirely is increased by numerous ... |
3 December 2008
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The Canadian sandy oil reserves are the second largest in the world, after those that Saudi Arabia currently possesses. They mean less dependency on Middle Eastern oil for both the US and Canada, and they already supply refineries all around Chicago. But the bright side of these exploitations stops here. Besides this... |
26 November 2008
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