Dead birds found in N. Zealand oil slick
The first dead birds have been found in oil that leaked from a container ship stranded off New Zealand, authorities said Thursday.
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Oct 6, 2011
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Shell divers shut off North Sea oil leak
Divers working for oil giant Shell have turned off the valve which has been leaking oil into the North Sea causing the worst spill in the area for a decade, the company said Friday.
Environment
Aug 19, 2011
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BP oil spill partly blamed for Gulf dolphin deaths
The deaths of over 150 dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico so far this year is due in part to the devastating 2010 BP oil spill and the chemical dispersants used to contain it, a report said Thursday.
Environment
May 27, 2011
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Mysterious ills plague Louisianans one year after spill
Jamie Simon worked on a barge in the oily waters for six months following the BP spill last year, cooking for the cleanup workers, washing their clothes and tidying up after them.
Environment
Apr 17, 2011
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens seahorse species with extinction: researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A species of seahorse unique to the waters of the Gulf Coast could face extinction because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warns marine conservation organization Project Seahorse. Without careful intervention, ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2010
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Gulf surface cleaner, but questions lurk far below
(AP) -- Researchers are warning that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a bigger mess than the government claims and that a lot of crude is lurking deep below the surface, some of it settling perhaps in a critical undersea ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2010
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New questions arise on dispersant use in oil spill
(AP) -- As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for liberal use of toxic chemicals that helped disperse ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2010
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Gulf oil dispersants unlikely to be endocrine disruptors and have relatively low cell toxicity
Government scientists are reporting that eight of the most commonly used oil dispersants used to fight oil spills, such as the massive episode in the Gulf of Mexico, appear unlikely to act as endocrine disruptors — hormone-like ...
Environment
Jul 21, 2010
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Experts fear long oil effect on marine life, food chain
Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill fear a decades-long, "cascading" effect on marine life that could lead to a shift in the overall biological network in the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Jul 18, 2010
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Researchers listen for whales amid undersea oil clouds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recording units on the sea floor will help Cornell researchers analyze the potential impact of oil clouds in the Gulf of Mexico on marine mammals.
Environment
Jul 13, 2010
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