BP’s email subpoenas threaten to erode the scientific deliberative process
If you haven’t read the Boston Globe Op-Ed, you must. Chris Reddy and Richard Camilli (oil spill research rockstars at Wood’s Hole) yesterday revealed information that made me feel physically ill:...
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Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater...
Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop brought scientists and industry contacts...
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Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on heavily-impacted salt marsh ecosystems around...
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Guest Post: Crude oil insults in the Caribbean
This is a guest post from Dr. Kristen Marhaver. Kristen is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California at Merced, who lives full-time and studies coral reefs on the Caribbean island of...
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Mystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon Site
Oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico, as seen on Sept. 21, 2012. (NOAA photo) In September an oil sheen about four miles long had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the Deep Water Horizon well site. The...
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The Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater Horizon
The title speaks for itself, but damn, look at these figures! Last week in PLoS ONE, cool kids Montagna et al. (2013) showed some rather dramatic results from environmental monitoring focused on...
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The Dirtiest of Martinis
So I wanted to explore some new territory in honor of cocktail week. Below is my first attempt at an infographic explaining a subject near and dear to my heart, Pollutants in the Ocean. For those of...
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Given the choice, corals would prefer oil to dispersant
Paramuricea corals in the oil plus dispersant treatment. The vials (from left to right) contain corals at the 24, 48, and 72 hour time points, with the control sample on the far right. Just near 6...
View ArticleDay 1,825
5 years ago today, an explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico lead to one of the worst human-induced environmental disasters in history. Check out this stunningly, beautiful recap of where we are...
View ArticleNicholas Cage is making a movie about the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Yes, you read that right. I have no idea what it’s about, or why it’s named “The Runner”, but I do know that the trailer contains Nicholas Cage spouting this epic line: “Even though this is a BRITISH...
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