Constant pushes from the Mississippi River ensured that the bulk of the oil slick produced in the Gulf of Mexico by the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill did not reach more coastlines than it did. In other words, the river limited the extent of the devastation that may have occurred.
Scientists were expecting the coas... |
11 May 2012
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Between May 22-28, the University of South Florida (USF) dispatched its R/V Weatherbird II to the Gulf of Mexico, in order to follow up on the devastation produced by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The investigators there collected samples from three locations across the Gulf, including 4... |
9 June 2010
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According to the most recent data collected by satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA), the oil that has been spilling in the Gulf of Mexico for about a month now has entered the Loop Current. Ecologists have been warning about this danger for weeks, but authorities were unable to plug the leaks, or at least pr... |
19 May 2010
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Scientists at NASA announce that they have just recently obtained a new photograph showing the extent of the damage caused by the oil spill currently taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. While numerous other satellite images of the disaster have been taken, the new one, snapped on May 7, is different because it was co... |
8 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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