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'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 >>

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 >>

UF scientist says "clear evidence that much of the oil is still below the surface in subsurface plumes"

November 25th, 2010 at 02:11 PM

Gulf Coast left with more questions than answers in wake of BP oil spill, Gulf ... Read more >>

Research team “uncovered a PAH bonanza” — And just 190 parts per BILLION of PAHs is “considered pretty toxic” says professor at NASA installation

November 2nd, 2010 at 08:15 AM

BP gusher left deep sea toxic for a time, study finds, ScienceNews Magazine Web Edition, ... Read more >>

'Project Deep Spill': Feds had deep water 'blowout' 10 years ago — Found rising oil 'strips' out some of most toxic compounds which remain in water column (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

October 31st, 2010 at 01:58 PM

Sub-surface application of dispersant at wellhead never mentioned in June 2000 study

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Scientists report “NEW plume of oil” with “millions of specks of reddish-brown oil in it”

October 29th, 2010 at 01:14 PM

Scientists Find New Oil Plume In Gulf, CBS 4, October 28, 2010:

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Breaking: Scientists find “long plumes” of oxygen-depleted water “emanating” from BP’s Macondo well site

October 25th, 2010 at 04:51 AM

Research teams find oil on bottom of Gulf, USA Today, October 24, 2010:

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100 miles SOUTHEAST of blow-out: Oil appeared from "100 meters from the surface all the way down to 1,200 meters"

October 5th, 2010 at 03:16 PM

What Lies Beneath, National Wildlife Foundation, October 4, 2010:

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Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO)

October 2nd, 2010 at 02:45 PM

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute published the following labeled image, that clearly shows the plume making ... Read more >>

Plumes of Corexit/oil mix causing microorganisms to have “mutant DNA” that can be “passed on” says USF researcher appearing tomorrow on National Geographic

September 27th, 2010 at 06:15 PM

USF research included in TV special on Gulf spill, Tampa Tribune, September 27, 2010:

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New video by Feds: “I can’t believe this WATER that LOOKS CLEAR SMELLS SO MUCH LIKE GAS” — “Every animal in the Gulf is being exposed to an atrocity” (VIDEO)

September 21st, 2010 at 02:37 PM

Thousands of marine animals still in danger from hidden oil in Gulf, PhysOrg.com (NSF), September ... Read more >>

Plume study author: “Oil-gobbling properties of the microbes have been GROSSLY OVERSTATED”

September 17th, 2010 at 06:50 PM

Oil-eating microbes may not be all they’re cracked up to be, Yahoo (Upshot Blog), September ... Read more >>

Researchers “observed plumes in four different places” between six to 12 km from wellhead — APPEAR to be rising from seafloor in 360 degree image (PHOTO)

September 17th, 2010 at 02:15 PM

Gas in the Gulf, OnEarth Magazine, September 16, 2010:

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“We observed plumes in four different places,” ... Read more >>

Scientists find “ALARMING pattern of hydrocarbons maintained in the water column, at levels that are HAZARDOUS” — Gulf now a “big experimental laboratory” (VIDEO)

September 17th, 2010 at 09:35 AM

Scientists investigating oil spill unsettled by calls from federal commission, WWL, September 16, 2010:

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Researcher says “they found a FIELD OF OIL two inches thick, spreading as far as 70 miles from wellhead” — “Finding it everywhere that we looked” (VIDEO)

September 14th, 2010 at 10:03 PM

Is Gulf Oil Sitting on the Ocean Floor?, ABC News, September 13, 2010:

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NEW hydrocarbon plume found SOUTH and EAST of BP blow-out just 200 meters below surface — ENTIRE 40-mile transect measured consistently high methane readings

September 13th, 2010 at 01:22 AM

Nature.com is reporting, "A previously unidentified plume of hydrocarbons approximately 200 meters deep has been ... Read more >>

Science News: 3 or 4 giant underwater plumes have been reported — “There MAY BE MANY of these plumes crawling along, deep underwater”

September 7th, 2010 at 08:16 PM

Gulf oil finds many paths, ScienceNews, September 7, 2010:

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University Dept. Chair: DEADLY PLUMES OF OIL –”Only ONE ENCOUNTER would be FATAL” for hundreds of planktonic species

August 28th, 2010 at 10:41 PM

Experts: Submerged oil threatens organisms, Press-Register, August 28, 2010:

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Study claiming bacteria is rapidly degrading oil without depleting oxygen is FUNDED by BP and FEDS

August 26th, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Microbe cleaned up spilt oil, scientists say, Sydney Morning Herald, August 26, 2010:

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NEW study finds oil plume over 22 miles long, 650 feet high, a mile wide; “Most worrisome” that it takes 10 TIMES LONGER to degrade

August 19th, 2010 at 03:07 PM

The chief author of a another new study of the submerged oil said, "The study ... Read more >>

Non-stop plumes emanating from seafloor w/ Time Lapse — Final Part (VIDEO)

August 17th, 2010 at 07:11 PM

UPDATE: Click for *MUST SEE* Non-stop black blobs seeping from seafloor — Front and OVERHEAD ... Read more >>

CNN: Plumes of oil “RESTING ON BOTTOM” hit Gulf beaches — Feds, BP still deny finding submerged crude (VIDEOS)

August 14th, 2010 at 07:14 AM

CNN, August 14, 2010 at 6:20 a.m. EDT:

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“NOAA won’t begin checking for submerged methane gases”; Top scientist says “It seems crazy”

August 13th, 2010 at 07:59 PM

Florida University Draws Ire of NOAA for Gulf Research, WRBL CBS 3 Columbus, Georgia, August ... Read more >>

Intriguing closeup footage of twisting seeps on seafloor (VIDEO)

August 13th, 2010 at 07:51 AM

BP live feed from Ocean Intervention III ROV 2, August 13, 2010 at 6:40 a.m. ... Read more >>

NOAA’s top oil spill scientist is “NOT SURE where” they put evidence of plumes to be used against BP… “So many samples” to keep track of

August 11th, 2010 at 05:05 AM

Evidence not even accessible to researchers that gathered samples

USF says government tried to squelch their ... Read more >>

Marine experts in Florida Keys: Concerned about submerged plumes, NINE Exxon Valdez spills remain in Gulf

August 7th, 2010 at 05:36 PM

The Florida Keys Keynoter reports on a forum of Marine experts in Key West about ... Read more >>

Professor: NOAA reports 40-45% of total oil is in undersea PLUMES; Not going to disappear (VIDEO)

August 4th, 2010 at 04:58 PM

Dylan Ratigan, MSNBC, August 4, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. EDT:

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Commander floats idea of oil plumes surfacing “at a later date”, Will “go on for a long, long time”

July 27th, 2010 at 05:26 PM

At the July 26, 2010 press conference, Richard Fausset of the Los Angeles Times asked:

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Congressman: BP made Gulf “a toxic bowl” that will “haunt this region” for years, “All of that oil is still under the surface” (VIDEO)

July 26th, 2010 at 05:18 PM

Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee Rep. Edward Markey, MSNBC, July 26 @ 3:30 ... Read more >>

CNN: Based on what admiral said “Is this thing over?” — The real question is when does the underwater oil rise to the surface (VIDEO)

July 26th, 2010 at 12:41 PM

CNN: Spotters having trouble finding oil? Coast Guard, NOAA reporting only what is on ... Read more >>

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