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Deformed single-celled animals and plants found in oily sediment from Gulf — Other toxic effects observed near Desoto Canyon

May 27th, 2011 at 08:04 AM

Scientists discover ‘blizzard' silting oil on bottom of Gulf, Sarasota Herald Tribune by Kate Spinner, ... Read more >>

Scientists discover oil-containing “dirty blizzard” — May still be falling to bottom of Gulf of Mexico

May 27th, 2011 at 02:07 AM

Cancer-causing chemicals from the crude, such as benzene and toluene, may still be lingering in the ecosystem ... Read more >>

LSU professor: “There’s nothing there” — Fishermen “telling us that the reefs are just dead”

March 10th, 2011 at 07:24 PM

"We expect that if there is going to be a problem from the spill, it's going to be in reproductive biology" - James Cowan, a veteran researcher and professor at Louisiana State University's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science ... Read more >>

Gulf researchers with unusual rash — “I have worked in oily mud for years and it had never made my skin break out. But, this material did. I do not know why”

February 25th, 2011 at 10:59 AM

"When sampling the oily sediments, there were several of us who got red rashes on our skin" ... Read more >>

Layer of oil and dead animals on seafloor is up to 4 inches thick — Will “inevitably” have effects on surface species

February 23rd, 2011 at 07:23 AM

Gulf spill's effects 'may not be seen for a decade', BBC, February 20, 2011:

The 2010 ... Read more >>

“Blankets of goopy hydrocarbons several inches thick” taint seafloor in parts of Gulf

February 20th, 2011 at 08:57 PM

Huge quantities of oil... now taint the Gulf of Mexico’s seafloor, newly released video and chemical sampling data show. ... Read more >>

NOAA Chief now admits there's oil on the seafloor... but claims agency has no funding to monitor it

February 20th, 2011 at 06:26 PM

Gulf floor fouled by bacterial oil feast, ScienceNews, February 20, 2011:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... Read more >>

Dec.1: “Dead crab with oil residue” — “Tube worms so full of oil they suffocated” (PHOTOS)

February 20th, 2011 at 09:24 AM

Many months later Gulf of Mexico bottom shows little sign of recovery, but many dead ... Read more >>

‘Magic’ microbes consumed maybe 10 percent of the oil — Scientists unsure “why this stuff doesn’t seem to be degrading”

February 19th, 2011 at 07:42 PM

Many months later Gulf of Mexico bottom shows little sign of recovery, but many dead ... Read more >>

Researcher finds oil stuck on seafloor, not degrading as hoped — “Oil-choked bottom-dwelling critters” photographed

February 19th, 2011 at 04:07 PM

Scientists Finds Gulf Bottom Still Oily, Dead, Associated Press, February 19, 2011:

A University of Georgia ... Read more >>

Reporter: "Ninety percent of the oil from the spill hasn't even made it to the top" -- "In no way is this over"

February 18th, 2011 at 06:51 AM

Journalist discusses BP oil spill, Gulf aftermath, Charleston Gazette, February 17, 2011:

[Dahr Jamail] was on ... Read more >>

Researcher: “It’s scary” — “There were no signs of recovery” for coral and surrounding animal life

February 17th, 2011 at 08:49 AM

PSU scientist assesses damage, Centre Daily, February 17, 2011:

When BP’s Macondo 252 well erupted last ... Read more >>

“Massive submerged oil tarmats” remain in Gulf waters admits Coast Guard — “More toxic than tarballs” (VIDEO)

February 14th, 2011 at 09:03 AM

Coast Guard Oil Cleanup Report, WEAR, February 13, 2011:

[T]he Coast Guard is saying that a ... Read more >>

“Football field” of submerged crude found on Florida beach; Officials say “oil washing onshore everyday” — BP claims “the sand is clean” (VIDEO)

February 12th, 2011 at 11:10 PM

BP Beach Cleanup, WEAR ABC 3, February 12, 2011:

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“We’re history” if submerged oil washes ashore during a heavy storm says restaurant owner — “He’s worried about what remains in the Gulf”

February 1st, 2011 at 08:55 AM

Gulf Oil Spill: Tracking the Claims - Mysteries abound in the process, January 30, 2011, ... Read more >>

There's an “increase of petroleum product” washing ashore in Florida “hot spots” — “It has something to do with the underwater topography” admits BP

January 28th, 2011 at 04:58 PM

Crews working at Walton “hot spot”, Walton Sun, January 27, 2011:

Right before Christmas, BP cleanup ... Read more >>

Video of the black sludge coating ocean floor (VIDEO)

January 27th, 2011 at 07:35 AM

Naomi Klein: The Mystery of the Black Goo, videonation, January 12, 2011:

[T]he research crew aboard ... Read more >>

'First' Dispersant Study Funded by Feds: The Corexit “did NOT degrade”… “It didn’t go away” — May not have even broken up the oil

January 26th, 2011 at 04:27 PM

News Release : First Study of Dispersants in Gulf Spill Suggests a Prolonged Deepwater Fate, ... Read more >>

Local offical: “There was never any nearshore sampling” for submerged oil — BP admits “no one in the local beach cleanup is actually surveying” for it (VIDEO)

January 22nd, 2011 at 04:10 PM

Getting answers from BP, WEAR, January 19, 2011:

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WEAR-TV: But commissioners are...worried that there is ... Read more >>

BP pressuring Florida county to "sign off" that beaches are clean -- Commissioners refuse because of submerged oil (VIDEO)

January 22nd, 2011 at 02:54 PM

Getting answers from BP, WEAR, January 20, 2011:

Drilling with heavy equipment to find buried oil ... Read more >>

BK Lim cites NOVEMBER videos showing “oil seepages, gas columns, fissures and blowout craters” around Macondo wellhead (VIDEOS)

January 21st, 2011 at 11:10 PM

The following ROV videos show the "oil seepages, gas columns, fissures and blowout craters in the seafloor around the Macondo wellhead" mentioned in a January 14, 2011 letter to Congress authored by BK Lim. ... Read more >>

“Hydrocarbons are still leaking out" from the Macondo reservoir writes Oil and Gas Industry expert BK Lim (VIDEO)

January 21st, 2011 at 09:50 PM

A Letter to Congressmen on BP Mega Oil Spill in the Gulf, BK Lim, January ... Read more >>

Cleanup workers: "Constant wave" of weathered oil washing up near Mississippi delta -- "Rising slowly like a poisonous Phoenix"

January 16th, 2011 at 10:05 AM

Questions the Press Needs to Ask About the Gulf Oil Disaster, NRDC's Rocky Kistner, January ... Read more >>

“Man, look at all this oil” says scientist on Florida beach… “Something we will be dealing with for years” — “This is still loaded with PAH’s” (VIDEO)

January 15th, 2011 at 09:01 AM

Reporter asks will that "cause a human health risk"? ... Read more >>

USF researchers find layers “up to 5 times thicker” than in August — “Oil’s presence on the ocean floor didn’t diminish with time; it grew”

January 14th, 2011 at 10:39 AM

"The layer is distributed very widely," radiating far out from the wellhead ... Read more >>

“Tarballs outnumber seashells” on Alabama beach, similar to areas in Pensacola Bay — Chunks of oil “rolling along the bottom” (VIDEO)

January 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 AM

Gulf oil spill tarballs cover Fort Morgan, Press Register, January 02, 2011:

The tip of the ... Read more >>

Oil “melt” next summer? Warm water allows submerged oil to surface says environmental expert

December 31st, 2010 at 07:11 AM

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaves Gulf coast forever changed, Gulfbreeze News, December 30, 2010:

“If ... Read more >>

Scientists find “lots of oil and dead animals on the sea floor at a spot very close to where the government said it barely found any oil”

December 20th, 2010 at 12:12 PM

U.S. finds little BP oil on seafloor; some don't buy it, AP, December 17, 2010: ... Read more >>

Feds’ Report: Sediment testing “found a chemical contained in dispersant, but its environmental impact is unknown”

December 20th, 2010 at 08:17 AM

BP Oil on Gulf Floor Draws Concern, Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2010:

Oil from BP ... Read more >>

Professor “recorded sub-surface oil 60 miles thick” near Desoto Canyon off the Florida coast

December 16th, 2010 at 01:57 PM

Where has all the oil gone? Even more updates on the BP spill from USF’s ... Read more >>

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