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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they finally arrived to a decision concerning vast tracts of the Gulf of Mexico. They say that, after consultations with colleagues from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they determined that about one third of the area ... |
23 July 2010
09:05 GMT |
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Investigations conducted by American researchers in the Gulf of Mexico have determined that a large plume of crude oil has made its way into a corner of the Loop Current. This is a deep-water current that passes through the Gulf, heading east towards Florida, and then onwards into the Gulf Stream. Experts from the Mi... |
14 June 2010
09:56 GMT |
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A collaboration of scientists in the United States has recently pooled its resources together to produce the most up-to-date estimate of precisely how much oil is flowing in the Gulf of Mexico. The crude has been pouring into the waters since April 20, when the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible drilling rig, operate... |
11 June 2010
10:17 GMT |
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Recently, two research teams working in the Gulf of Mexico, near and around the Deepwater Horizon accident site, managed to find an underwater plume of oil each. Low concentrations of hydrocarbons and other toxic chemical compounds have been found at various locations, and at multiple depths. Although the scale of th... |
10 June 2010
08:21 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA has just published new satellite images of the disaster currently taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. The photographs were collected on May 24 by the Terra Earth-observation satellite, which used its Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument for the job. The datasets revea... |
7 June 2010
05:16 GMT |
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Scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that they have extended the area in the Gulf of Mexico that is closed for fishing. The measure was taken because experts discovered oil sheens at previously undetected locations. Federal authorities and oil company BP are struggling... |
4 June 2010
03:08 GMT |
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More than six weeks ago, oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from three wellheads more than a mile under the surface of the sea. Since then, vast amounts of crude have risen to the surface, and have also formed massive underwater plumes, of which only a handful were discovered thus far. This massive ecological ... |
2 June 2010
04:47 GMT |
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Officials at British Petroleum, the company in charge of operating the former Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible drilling rig, announced that they were in the midst of devising a new plan to halt the oil leaks currently taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. The crude has been spewing into the waters for about six weeks... |
1 June 2010
04:08 GMT |
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The current ecological disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest in the history of the United States, a top official said recently. Carol Browner, the energy advisor for the White House, explained that the amount of oil that leaked into the waters of the Gulf now exceeds the amounts spilled by the Exxon... |
31 May 2010
03:49 GMT |
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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
05:02 GMT |
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Officials in the United States said recently that the federal government might push British oil company BP out of the way, and assume command of the clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. Even though British Petroleum is the only company involved in the efforts that has the know-how to seal a spill taking place at s... |
24 May 2010
05:46 GMT |
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Since April 20, thousands of barrels of crude oil have been leaking into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil slick has extended considerably in the month that passed, and threatens delicate coastal areas. Some say underwater plumes may have entered the Loop Current, which is a deep-ocean current that heads east... |
24 May 2010
03:00 GMT |
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Even without the current oil spill affecting the Gulf of Mexico, the area is very polluted on its own. Every year, waves of agricultural and human runoffs are spilled into its waters from the Mississippi Basin, creating so-called “dead zones.” In these areas, animals either flee or die, and the regions st... |
20 May 2010
04:08 GMT |
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Oceanographers have recently announced that they have discovered a large underwater plume in the Gulf of Mexico, in the immediate vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon accident. They say that the formation is not visible from the surface, and that it is most likely made up of oil. If future results confirm this find... |
19 May 2010
01:53 GMT |
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The 12 crew members currently occupying the International Space Station (ISS) said yesterday that the Gulf of Mexico oil slick looked very alarming and scary from space. Astronauts from NASA, RosCosmos and JAXA took a moment from their busy schedule as they were flying over the Gulf on May 18, and took numerous pictu... |
19 May 2010
01:23 GMT |
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For almost a month now, oil has been spilling at a very high rate into the Gulf of Mexico, from a drilling site tapped by the Deepwater Horizon rig. On April 20, the rig blew up and then sunk into the Gulf on April 22. Since then, oil company BP, the operator of the rig, and US federal authorities have been working a... |
17 May 2010
06:05 GMT |
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The Gulf of Mexico is already polluted with millions of gallons of crude oil, according to the latest statistics. Despite exemplary mobilization on the part of the federal government, local authorities, and the oil company BP, clean-up efforts have been largely unsuccessful, and experts are currently analyzing method... |
5 May 2010
06:02 GMT |
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The oil slick that began forming when the Deepwater Horizon platform exploded on April 20 is causing concerns for NASA as well. Officials at the American space agency announce that the extending slick is causing troubles for a ship that is supposed to deliver a massive space shuttle fuel tank. The component is absolu... |
4 May 2010
02:52 GMT |
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Scientists at the European Space Agency have just released a new set of images that show the extent of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and then sank into the waters there two days later. Since then, thousands of barrels of crude oil have been spilling into the ... |
3 May 2010
09:47 GMT |
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