Is oil spill also fouling the air?
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI researchers find disturbing amounts of certain gases above massive Gulf slick. More study is needed.
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Jun 29, 2010
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Estimating How Much Oil The Gulf Spill Released
Official government estimates now say that around 27,000 barrels of oil per day have been pouring out of the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico since the leak began. This estimate comes from the report of the Flow Rate Technical ...
Environment
Jun 14, 2010
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Purdue membrane technology could help cleanup oil spills
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of membrane that separates oil from water developed by Purdue University material engineers may be used to clean up oil spills such as BP's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2010
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'Top kill' fails to stop Gulf oil leak
BP's "top kill" operation to plug the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico has failed in a stunning setback to efforts to stem the worst oil spill in US history.
Environment
May 30, 2010
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Invisible Oil Plume Detected in Gulf Waters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers aboard the University of South Florida’s R/V Weatherbird II conducting experiments in a previously unexplored region of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have discovered what initial tests show ...
Environment
May 27, 2010
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Oil spill threatens toothy marine predator that is cultural and historic icon
The BP oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico threatens the existence of a critically endangered sawfish and its relative that recently has been proposed to join it as the only two marine fish in United States waters to receive ...
Ecology
May 27, 2010
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Long odds on BP's desperate 'top kill' bid to plug oil leak (Update)
BP on Tuesday readied an ambitious plan to smother a ruptured underwater oil pipeline in heavy drilling fluid and cement, although company officials conceded that the "top kill" procedure has long odds for success.
Environment
May 25, 2010
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NASA's MISR Provides Unique Views of Gulf Oil Slick
(PhysOrg.com) -- New Gulf oil spill images from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft paint dramatic portraits of different aspects of the growing spill.
Earth Sciences
May 21, 2010
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Scientists find huge oil plumes deep in Gulf of Mexico: report
Scientists have discovered enormous plumes of oil in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in an indication that the leak from an underwater well could be far worse than previously estimated, The New York Times reported ...
Environment
May 16, 2010
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Massive disaster looms in Gulf of Mexico spill
BP officials desperately searched for a new fix to the enormous Gulf of Mexico oil spill after efforts to cap a gushing leak with a containment dome hit a perilous snag.
Environment
May 10, 2010
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