This just in from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium: The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and its partners will host a community forum to help provide answers to the public’s questions about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The forum will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, June 2, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum […]
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New Diagram of BP's Siphon Tube
Posted on May 24, 2010
BP has released a new image of what’s going on a mile under the sea surface at the Deepwater Horizon site. Regrettably, it doesn’t appear to be working as well as they’d hoped.
Lots of Unknowns as Hurricane Season Closes in on Clean-Up Efforts
Posted on May 19, 2010
Reuters has an interesting article on what the oil spill means for this year’s hurricane season. The short version? Nobody’s sure. On the one hand, nobody likes the idea of the a hurricane pushing the oil that’s currently at sea into the Gulf’s beaches (or further inland). On the other hand, some folks, including some […]
One Infographic to Explain the Whole Oil Spill
Posted on May 18, 2010
Wow. I’m going to be staring at this for a while. Download the full-sized image here. “Crude Awakening” (from Infographic World)
Oil Spill: Good and Bad News (Sunday Edition)
Posted on May 16, 2010
The Times-Picayune is reporting both comforting and frightening news this morning: The good: BP said early Sunday afternoon that the mile-long tube working, drawing most of the leaking oil to the tanker from the Gulf seafloor. The not-so-good: Researchers have found more underwater plumes of oil than they can count from the blown-out well, said […]
Oil Spill Meter
Posted on May 14, 2010
This morning’s bad news comes via reports that the rate of the leak may be four or five times greater than the initially estimated 5,000 barrels a day, and may be much, much higher (84,000 barrels a day?). For a little (disturbing) hands-on exercise, here’s a widget that’ll let you choose your own numbers and […]
Incredible Oil Spill Photos
Posted on May 13, 2010
There’s an amazing series of high-quality photos of the oil spill on the Boston Globe’s “The Big Picture”.
The View from Down Deep: Photo of the Leak
Posted on May 12, 2010
Photo: BP via the Houston Chronicle. Thanks, Natural Hazards Center.
BP CEO: Could be Weeks or Months Before Spill Stopped
Posted on May 10, 2010
NPR has published an interview with BP CEO Tony Hayward where he reports that “it’s certainly possible” that the massive amount of oil being spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from a damaged deep sea well-head won’t be shut off for weeks or even months (especially given the failure of the cofferdam). “It’s not what […]
Cofferdam Closes in on Leak
Posted on May 7, 2010
From the Times-Picayune: Officials are saying the containment box that could divert much of the oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico is suspended above the spewing crude and robot submarines are trying to align it correctly. BP PLC spokesman Bill Salvin said Friday the device was in the process of being positioned over the […]