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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have managed to use computational simulations developed in-house to create a new type of sponge that is perfect for removing oil residues from water.
The material is based on carbon nanotubes (CNT), extremely small wires tha... |
11 May 2012
08:45 GMT |
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The Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill that lasted from April 20 until July 15, 2010, had far-reaching effects on marine ecosystems. In a recent investigation, experts supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) found that deepwater corals were also severely affected.
The investigation was conducted in the Gu... |
27 March 2012
07:31 GMT |
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A group of researchers in the United Kingdom announces the development of the world's first magnetic soap. The product features iron that is dissolved in liquid surfactants, which means that it can be controlled in whatever way is needed, simply by subjecting it to magnetic fields.
University of Bristol scienti... |
24 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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About 0.5 percent of all oil that was dumped in the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill – the equivalent of 1 in 20 barrels – was burned during the first days of response to the emergency. A new study quantifies the effects this decision had on the environment.
As the mas... |
21 September 2011
04:24 GMT |
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High-profile cases such as the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill draw attention to the damage produced to the environment in the Gulf of Mexico, but analysts say that numerous, smaller leaks occur constantly. However, these events escape the public eye, and remained ignored by authorities. When the Deepwater Horizo... |
30 April 2011
05:36 GMT |
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Researchers with governmental agencies in the United States are continuing to keep an eye out for contaminants that may have made their way into marine animals living in the Gulf of Mexico. They want to reassure people that fish and other seafoods are now safe to eat.The ecosystem was severely affected by the massive... |
25 March 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Experts at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia congratulate authorities on the release of a report concerning the effects and responsibilities associate with the large 2009 oil spill that occurred in Timor. The spill started on August 21, 2009, when the West Atlas drilling rig is owned by the Norwegian-Berm... |
25 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced yesterday that they decided to close off a surface covering some 4,213 miles in the Gulf of Mexico for royal red shrimping. The decision comes after an incident involving a fishing boat.A commercial fishing boat which was operating i... |
25 November 2010
05:05 GMT |
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A team of independent scientists has started a new investigations campaign in the Gulf of Mexico, that will provide additional insight into how the BP oil spill affected corals living deep under the surface. This type of reeds are relatively unstudied, when compared to their shallow-water brethren, because they are a... |
21 October 2010
04:25 GMT |
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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
11:17 GMT |
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Officials at NOAA announced today that they have just reopened more than 2,927 square miles of Gulf of Mexico waters to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopened portion is located in waters off the coasts of eastern Louisiana, directly south and southwest of East Bay. Since July 22, NOAA has carried out 8 re... |
6 October 2010
09:34 GMT |
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A new section of Gulf of Mexico waters that had been close to commercial and amateur fishing has now been reopened, announce experts with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.They say that a swath of ocean surface covering some 5,628 square miles is now safe for fishermen. The area is located in Gul... |
2 October 2010
03:58 GMT |
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A team of experts at MIT believes that instances such as the disastrous oil spill that affected the Gulf of Mexico a few months ago may be avoided in the future, provided that the necessary lessons are learned.The chance of something like this happening ever again should be growing increasingly slimmer with each pass... |
1 October 2010
04:26 GMT |
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According to officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it would appear that no dead zones have developed around the area of the Gulf of Mexico where the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig blew up a few months ago. These conclusions did not come as a surprise for the science team, which was expe... |
8 September 2010
01:44 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today that they have reopened some 5,130 square miles of Gulf water to commercial and leisure fishing.The area includes the far eastern coast of Louisiana, all the way through Mississippi, Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle. ... |
3 September 2010
08:24 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced yesterday that they will be reopening 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The decision was agreed upon by researchers at NOAA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and... |
28 August 2010
05:03 GMT |
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A new robot will soon make its way across the surface of the ocean, with the ability to clean up any potential oil slicks it may come across.The machinery was developed by engineers and experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who were inspired by the BP/Deepwater Horizon ecological disaster.The ma... |
26 August 2010
10:00 GMT |
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Officials at British Petroleum announce that they have just awarded a research grant to experts studying the effects of the massive oil spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico.The disaster began unfolding on April 20, when the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible drilling rig blew up, and then sunk. Oil began spill... |
25 August 2010
10:12 GMT |
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A group of experts analyzing the area around the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill site discovered a massive underwater hydrocarbon plume lurking below the waves. The work, which was funded by US National Science Foundation (NSF) and was affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), discovered the plu... |
20 August 2010
05:16 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) announce that they have just awarded a rapid response grant to researchers at the Louisiana State University (LSU), for conducting a study on the effects of the BP oil spill on salt marshes in Louisiana. These are extremely sensitive ecosystems, and even the small... |
17 August 2010
04:21 GMT |
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More than 5,144 square miles of water from the Gulf of Mexico have been opened for fishing. The area was part of the region affected by the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but now officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say that fish here is safe to eat.The decision to allow commercial and... |
11 August 2010
03:57 GMT |
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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
03:01 GMT |
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On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operated by British Petroleum, exploded, and then sunk into the water of the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11. As this happened, massive amounts of oil began pouring into the ocean, and the oil slick started expanding fast. The Mississippi Delta and he Louisiana coastline we... |
5 August 2010
02:44 GMT |
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Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have recently released a new report on the state of the Gulf of Mexico. The document shows that the oil slick generated by the Deepwater Horizon accident is far from reaching Southern Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast, given that it&#... |
31 July 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Scientists are aware of the dramatic environmental impact the oil slick is having on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. In addition to killing wildlife on the surface, in protected areas, and starving areas in the deep ocean of oxygen, the crude is also posing an increasing threat to the already-dwindling whale population... |
29 July 2010
10:04 GMT |
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Since 2005, a group of researchers and undergraduates at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have been conducting investigations into how sand and oil interact. With only modest funding, the team has been performing hands-on experiments on how the sludge moves on a sloped angle, using mathematical mode... |
29 July 2010
04:33 GMT |
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On July 23, US authorities released their second report on the situation of the waters surrounding the site of the former Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. The document found that the levels of oxygen depletion in the area were not very significant, and that there was no real danger of the situation getting worse. But ... |
28 July 2010
03:05 GMT |
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Since April 20, the area around the site of the former BP-operated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig has been under the influence of heavy contaminants. Countless barrels of oil have spilled into the water of the Gulf of Mexico, and federal agencies in the United States have been keeping an eye on the situation ever sin... |
24 July 2010
05:47 GMT |
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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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A group of researchers has recently determined that the Mississippi River delta may in fact be playing a beneficial role in protecting the delicate Louisiana coastlines from the effects of crude oil contamination. With the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, about two months ago, the delicate ecosystems ... |
18 June 2010
08:18 GMT |
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With the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a great deal of attention is now being given to preventing instances such as this from happening. But researchers say that disasters of this magnitude are not only possible, but very likely, especially during the hurricane season. In a new study, a team of investigato... |
14 June 2010
10:56 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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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
04:13 GMT |
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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announces that it has just expanded the area of the Gulf of Mexico that is forbidden for fishermen. Officials at the agency say in a statement that the decision was taken because the situation is spiraling out of control, as oil slicks move in all directio... |
2 June 2010
09:50 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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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
03:15 GMT |
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A group of investigators in the United States, based at the University of Miami (UM), announce the creation of a new computer model and simulation that can account for how oil will behave during and after a major spill. The computerized tool can theoretically predict the location of oil masses that sink during such a... |
27 May 2010
09:54 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they have dispatched the ship Thomas Jefferson into the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel is to travel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and install monitoring and other scientific equipment at the location. This will allow... |
27 May 2010
05:09 GMT |
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Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they have extended the area where fishing is currently forbidden in the Gulf of Mexico. With the oil slick caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident on April 20, fishing has now become unsafe in the region, authorities ... |
26 May 2010
06:56 GMT |
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Marine iguanas living in the Galapagos Islands are considered to be vulnerable species, and are currently the object of various protection and conservation programs. Researchers say that, other than human poaching, the creatures are also subjected to tremendous influences from the El Nino weather phenomenon, which ha... |
26 May 2010
04:17 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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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
11:00 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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