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In addition to tragically losing the lives of 11 workers, The Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is gearing up to be one of the largest ecological disasters of our lives. We started this feature article in the May edition of Sustainable Environments. To view the article, click on the Previous Newsletters link at the top of the newsletter. We have built upon that last article, and are providing the latest news and information.
As of June 16, 2010, approximately 17,500 National Guard troops have been authorized (1,611 have been activated), 31,000 personnel have been deployed, over 5,000 vessels are responding, 2.39 million feet of containment boom and 3.48 million feet of sorbent boom have been deployed, nearly 21.2 million gallons of oil-water mixture have been recovered, approximately 1.3 million gallons of dispersant have been deployed (885,000 on surface and 414,000 subsea), over 210 controlled burns have been conducted, and 17 staging areas have been set up to protect vital shoreline. Approximately 52.6 miles of the Gulf Coast shoreline is currently being impacted (34.8 miles in Louisiana, 0.9 miles in Mississippi, 9.9 miles in Alabama, and 7 miles in Florida). Approximately 80,800 square miles of federal waters are closed to fishing, with 66 percent open.
F. X. Browne, Inc. staff are presently working in the Gulf of Mexico assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rescue oil-soaked birds. The photographs below show an F. X. Browne, Inc. staff member rescuing a pelican. It's feathers were covered in oil and it was unable to fly.
Photos provided by Michael
Martin of F. X. Browne, Inc.
Deepwater Horizon
Incident Joint Information Center
(985) 902-5231 and (985) 902-5240
Report oiled shoreline
or request volunteer information:
(866)-448-5816
Submit alternative
response technology, services or products:
(281) 366-5511
Submit your vessel as a
vessel of opportunity skimming system:
(281) 366-5511
Submit a claim for
damages:
(800) 440-0858
Report oiled wildlife:
(866) 557-1401
Gulf Response
Involvement Team (G.R.I.T.): Volunteers Interested in Assisting in Oil Clean-Up
in Louisiana Should Sign Up and Stand By
http://gulfresponse.org/
The BP website
provides detailed information on their response, including press releases, fact
sheets, photos, maps and more.
http://www.bp.com/productlanding.do?categoryId=40&contentId=7061696
The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a website on the impacts of the spill
and their response.
http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/
The Deepwater Horizon
Response website provides information on the response from the U.S. Coast
Guard and other responding agencies.
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
The White House Deepwater BP Oil Spill Website
http://www.whitehouse.gov/deepwater-bp-oil-spill/
Mapping the Response to
BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
This website offers the latest data on the oil spill’s trajectory with fishery
area closures, wildlife data, locations of oiled shoreline, locations of
deployed research ships in an interactive map. It was developed by NOAA with
the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior. It contains data
from Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, the Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA,
NASA, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Gulf states.
http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/
NASA Satellite Imagery:
Keeping Eye on the Gulf Spill provides satellite imagery of the oil spill.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-creep.html
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website provides up-to-date information,
fact sheets, trajectory maps, and more.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=809&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=2&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1
CNN’s Interactive Oil
Spill Tracking Map shows the past and
present movement of the spill.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/29/interactive.spill.tracker/index.html
A Ten-Year
Study of Shoreline Conditions in the Exxon Valdez Spill Zone, Prince William
Sound, Alaska
By David S. Page and Edward S. Gilfillan
http://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty/d/dpage/html/evos10yr.shtml
Our Ocean Planet:
Oceanography in the 21st century – An Online Textbook (Oil Spills)
By Robert Stewart
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/oilspills.htm
The Living Green Online
Magazine provides news articles,
videos, maps, and more
http://www.livinggreenmag.com/gulf_spill.html
This website shows the
magnitude of the BP Horizon Oil Spill.
Enter your city to see how this spill would affect you personally.
http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/
Calculating the Impact
of the Spilled Oil
This online calculator makes brings home the impact of the Deepwater Horizon
Spill. Though spill estimates by BP were originally 5,000 barrels per day,
scientists are now estimating approximately 20,000 to 40,000 barrels each day.
As of June 15, 2010, the amount of oil that is estimated to have spilled (if
refined to fuel in a typical US refinery) could have fueled 68,000 cars, 6,100
trucks and 3,100 ships for a year. Visit this website to get the most
up-to-date estimates.
University of Delaware
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/getinvolved/oilSpill.aspx
Here are some interesting articles detailing the tragedy and efforts to date to correct the problem. They are arranged chronologically.
Gulf Oil Spill: Do
Chemical Dispersants Pose Their Own Environmental Risk?
By Andrew Moseman in Environment, Discover Magazine, May 6, 2010
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/06/gulf-oil-spill-do-chemical-dispersants-pose-their-own-environmental-risk/
Disaster Plans Lacking
at Deep Rigs
By Ben Casselman
and Guy Chazan, The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250591376735052.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Suit Seeks to Halt
Production at an Even Deeper BP Site
By Lise Olsen,
Houston Chronicle, May 18, 2010
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7009609.html
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
in the Loop Current
ScienceDaily, May
19, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100519112721.htm
NOAA Extends Fishing
Closed Area to Portion of Loop Current as Precaution in Wake of Gulf of Mexico
Oil Spill
ScienceDaily, May
19, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100518180608.htm
NASA's Aqua Satellite
Sees Sunglint on Gulf Oil Slick
ScienceDaily, May 19, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100519151737.htm
BP’s Estimate of Spill
Rate is Way Low, Engineer Suggests
By Janet Raloff,
ScienceNews, May 19, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59381/title/BP%E2%80%99s_estimate_of_spill_rate_is_way_low%2C_engineer_suggests
Gulf Oil Spill: Fishing
Ban Expanded; Endangered Turtles Threatened
By Andrew Moseman
in Environment, Discover Magazine, May 19, 2010
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/19/gulf-oil-spill-fishing-ban-expanded-endangered-turtles-threatened/
Lawsuit Filed to Stop
Interior Department From Issuing Offshore Drilling Permits Without Environmental
Review
Environmental
News Network, from the Center of Biological Diversity, May 19, 2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3364
Are There Better Ways to
Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill?
By Sean Rosner, Mother Earth News, May 19, 2010
http://www.motherearthnews.com/healthy-people-healthy-planet/are-there-better-ways-to-clean-up-the-gulf-oil-spill.aspx?utm_content=06.07.10+HE&utm_campaign=HE&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email
Heavy Oil From Spill
Reaches Louisiana Marshes
By Matthew Bigg,
Reuters, Environmental News Network, May 20, 2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41343
Experts Express Doubts
on Sand-Berm Proposal
By James C.
McKinley Jr. and John Collins Rudolf, The New York Times, May 21, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/us/22berms.html?ref=earth
AP Impact: Bad Cement
Jobs Plague Offshore Rigs
By Mitch Weiss
and Jeff Donn, The Associated Press, May 24, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jXPlR-dnGz8bZVGgYh2-O49Ve6xgD9FSVL204
BP Reduces Estimate of How Much Oil it is Capturing
By Matthew Bigg,
Reuters, Environmental News Network, May 24, 2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41354
Memorial Service Honors
Workers Killed in Deepwater Horizon Explosion
By Holbrook Mohr,
The Associated Press, May 25, 2010
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/memorial_service_honors_worker.html
DISASTER IN THE GULF:
Experts Have Their Doubts on Well's Design
By Tom Fowler,
Houston Chronicle, May 25, 2010
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7022355.html
Obama to Revamp Drilling
Rules as Calls Grow to Take On BP
By Nicholas Johnston and Kim Chipman, Bloomberg, May 26, 2010
http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-26/obama-to-revamp-drilling-rules-as-demands-grow-to-take-on-bp-after-spill.html
Undersea Forces from
Hurricanes May Threaten Gulf Pipelines
ScienceDaily, May
27, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100526141852.htm
Flow Rate Group Provides
Preliminary Best Estimate Of Oil Flowing from BP Oil Well
Deepwater Horizon Response website, May 27, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/569235/
Controversial Salazar
"Moratorium" on Gulf Drilling Was Only Verbal
From the Center
for Biological Diversity, Environmental News Network, May 27, 2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3374
Arctic Drilling: 6
Months is Not Enough
NRDC Switchboard Blog, Lisa Speer’s Blog, May 27, 2010
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/lspeer/arctic_drilling_6_months_is_no.html
Underwater Robot Sent to
Study Deepwater Horizon Spill
ScienceDaily, May
30, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100528211158.htm
BP's Top Kill Effort
Fails to Plug Gulf Oil Leak
By Ben Nuckols,
Associated Press, Google.com, May 30, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIXWYBTpLtSayJtg41LKXpxSxVPAD9G0UUTG0
NOAA Expects Busy
Atlantic Hurricane Season
ScienceDaily, May
31, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100530212148.htm
Oil Hitting Alabama's
Dauphin Island
From Verna Gates and Kelli Dugan, Reuters, Environmental News Network, June 3,
2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41390
Sundance Audience
Award-Winning ‘Fuel’ Coming to DVD on June 22
Environmental
News Network, June 3, 2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3382
BP Refuses to Use
Donated Hair Mats to Clean Up Oil Spill
By Cameron Scott, Inhabitat.com, June 3, 2010
http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/03/bp-refuses-to-use-donated-hair-mats-to-clean-up-oil-spill/
Obama Administration
Sends $69 Million Bill To BP
Deepwater Horizon
Response website, June 3, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/587523/
BP Puts Containment Cap
on Gushing Gulf Well Pipe
By Anna Driver, Reuters, Environmental News Network, June 4, 2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41395
BP Faces Lawsuit for
Polluting Gulf Waters: Citizen Suit to Hold BP Accountable
From the Center
for Biological Diversity, Environmental News Network, June 4, 2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3384
Scientists Skeptical
About Rush to Build Sand Barriers
By Julie Cart, Lost Angeles Times, June 5, 2010
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/05/nation/la-na-oil-spill-berms-20100606
5th UPDATE: BP Says
10,500 Bbl Oil Collected From Gulf Leak Sat
By Mark Long and Nicholas Winning, of Dow Jones Newswires, June 6, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100606-702869.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Oil Spill Puts
Commercially Significant Cold-Water Reefs in Peril
ScienceDaily, June 6, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100606004815.htm
Where Is the Oil Going?
By David A Gabel, Environmental News Network, June 7, 2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41404
Multi-Billion Dollar Oil Pipeline Project Moving Through Kansas
By Kim Hynes, Eyewitness News 12, June 7, 2010
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=12609637
Gulf Oil Spill Could
Widen, Worsen ‘Dead Zone'
Pollution Online, June 8, 2010
http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Gulf-Oil-Spill-Could-Widen-Worsen-Dead-Zone-0001?user=2361275&source=nl:27806
Polymer-Based Filter
Successfully Cleans Water, Recovers Oil in Gulf of Mexico Test
ScienceDaily, June 8, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100607122446.htm
Subsurface Oil from
Deepwater Horizon Spill in Gulf of Mexico, Say Researchers
ScienceDaily, June 9, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609102703.htm
Gulf gusher is far and
away the biggest U.S. spill
By Janet Raloff,
ScienceNews, June 9, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60115/title/Gulf_gusher_is_far_and_away_the_biggest_U.S._spill
Transcripts of
fact-finding joint investigation available for May 11 - 12, 2010
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 9, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/3043/621995/
BP Oil Isn’t the Only
Source of Gulf's Deep Roaming Plumes: Some Subsea Plumes Don't Share the
Chemistry of BP's Oil
By Janet Raloff,
ScienceNews, June 9, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60081/title/BP_oil_isn%E2%80%99t_the_only_source_of_gulfs_deep_roaming_plumes
BP spill: Gulf is Primed
to Heal, but . . . Microbial Degradation of Spilled Oil and Gas Comes at a Price
By Janet Raloff,
ScienceNews, June 10, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60172/title/BP_spill_Gulf_is_primed_to_heal%2C_but
Feds up Estimates of
BP-Spill Rate: The National Flow-Rate Technical Group Pegs Likely Releases at a
Minimum of 20,000 Barrels Per Day
By Janet Raloff, ScienceNews, June 10, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60162/title/Feds_up_estimates_of_BP-spill_rate
Admiral Allen; Dr.
McNutt Provide Updates on Progress of Scientific Teams Analyzing Flow Rates from
BP’s Well
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 10, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/627011/
Berms Getting Built, but
Doubts Persist
By Jeffrey Ball,
The Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703890904575297021162749634.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
New Strain of Bacteria
Discovered That Could Aid in Oil Spill, Other Environmental Cleanup
ScienceDaily, June 11, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100611141527.htm
Kevin
Costner’s Oil Extractor Ready to Take Action in the Gulf
By Karen Nelson, Matter Network, June 11, 2010
http://www.matternetwork.com/2010/6/kevin-costners-oil-extractor-ready.cfm
Predicting Amount of Oil
in Contaminated Soils: Scientists Develop Faster Method for Testing Soils Around
Oil Spills
ScienceDaily, June 11, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609201310.htm
BP’s Letter Outlining
Its Latest Plans for Oil Containment
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 13, 2010
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/posted/2931/BP_Response_to_FOSC.657315.pdf
Scientists Locate
23-Mile Long Oil Plume Off Florida's Gulf Coast
ScienceDaily, June 14, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614092604.htm
NOAA, FDA Continue
Ramping Up Efforts to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration, June 14, 2010
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm215493.htm
3-D Models of BP Oil
Spill in Gulf of Mexico Made Using Ranger Supercomputer
ScienceDaily, June 14, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100603155723.htm
NOAA, FDA Continue
Ramping Up Efforts to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 14, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/658271/
Loop Current Will
Determine Spill's Ultimate Fate: Oceanographers Track Newly Formed Eddy and
Where it Might Carry Oil
By Alexandra Witze, ScienceNews, June 15, 2010
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60295/title/Loop_Current_will_determine_spills_ultimate_fate
NOAA Conducts Tests to
Determine Fate of Whale Found Dead in Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 16, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/666791/
NOAA Expands Fishing
Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Horizon Response Website, June 16, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/665431/
Legal Petition Filed to
Reform Policy That Allows Oil Drilling to Evade Environmental Review
From the Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental News Network, June 16,
2010
http://www.enn.com/press_releases/3393
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Oil dispersants are chemicals that break down oil into small drops. This is used to prevent the oil from reaching the surface of the water or the shoreline. Though dispersants are toxic, they are generally less toxic than oil and biodegrade more quickly.
On May 15, 2010, the Coast Guard and EPA approved the use of dispersants underwater, at the source of the Deepwater Horizon leak. The EPA’s Dispersant Monitoring and Assessment Directive for Subsurface Dispersant Application (issued May 10) required BP to implement a monitoring and assessment plan for the use of dispersants. Addendum 1 (issued May 14) required a more thorough oil analysis to determine whether the plume is toxic to aquatic life. Addendum 2 (issued May 20) required BP to use a less toxic and more effective dispersant. The EPA is posting results from ongoing monitoring of BP’s use of underwater dispersants at http://www.epa.gov/bpspill.
For more information on dispersants, the EPA directive, and BP’s response to the directive, visit EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants/
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NASA’s Latest Images
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Pictures: Heavy Oil
Seeping Into Louisiana Marshes
The National
Geographic, May 19, 2010
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/photogalleries/100519-gulf-heavy-oil-marsh-bp-shore-washing-up-pictures/?source=email_gg#gulf-oil-reaching-marshes-wide_20690_600x450.jpg
EPA’s Photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov
Oil Reaches Louisiana
Shores
By Alan Taylor,
The Big Picture, Boston.com, May 24, 2010
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html
Gulf Oil Spill; Coastal
Impact
All Eyes,
Tampabay.com
http://blogs.tampabay.com/photo/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-coastal-impact.html
The Multimedia section
of the Deepwater Horizon Response website provides photo, video and audio
releases.
Follow the link below and click on
News/Info, Multimedia, and then Multimedia Releases.
https://www.piersystem.com/go/site/2931/
Oil Spill in the Gulf
Slide Show
On Earth
http://www.onearth.org/gulfspill
PIA13174: Leaking Oil
Invades Louisiana Wildlife Habitats
NASA Photojournal, June 2, 2010
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/?IDNumber=pia13174
Photo Slideshow: 6
Animals That Could Be Hurt by the Gulf Oil Spill
National Wildlife Staff, May 6, 2010
http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/PhotoZone/Archives/2010/slideshow-oil-spill.aspx?s_src=20100608_WLO_June_Edition
Glee's
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with Oil Spill Images
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPjJPVdR4g
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The oil spill will negatively impact the plants, wildlife and ecosystems in its path. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 10 species of threatened sharks, 6 species of endangered turtles, manatees, whales and fish within its deeper waters. Dozens of species of fish and shellfish also lay their eggs on the surface of the water. Oil spills affect the smallest and largest marine life, and threaten life up and down the food chain. For more detailed information, read the articles below.
Oiled birds being sent to treatment facilities are examined for blood values, weight, and the extent of oiling. Many are dehydrated when they arrive. They are allowed to rest and recover until they are stable enough to withstand the washing process. It can take about 45 minutes to an hour to wash a bird. They use about 300 gallons of water and Dawn detergent. The wastewater has to be disposed of in accordance with regulations. Cleaned birds recover until they are waterproof and able to be released. Federal bird identification bands are attached and the birds are released in a safe location.
Consolidated Fish and
Wildlife Collection Report
This report provides information on
fish and wildlife collected in the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident impact area.
It is updated each day at noon.
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/55963
Oil Toxicity and Impacts
on Sea Turtles: Chapter 4
By Sarah Milton, Peter Lutz, and Gary Shigenaka
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/book_shelf/40_turtle_chapter4.pd
State Bird, Brown
Pelican, Imperiled by Oil
By John Flesher,
The Associated Press, May 19, 2010
http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/State-bird-brown-pelican-imperiled-by-oil-94243624.html
Oil Spill’s Effect on Wildlife Difficult to Tally
By Raja Abdulrahim and Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times,
May 19, 2010
http://mobile.latimes.com/inf/infomo?view=page1&feed:a=latimes_1min&feed:c=nationnews&feed:i=53810871&nopaging=1
Update 1 – Over 300 Dead
Birds Are Likely Gulf Spill Victims
By Steve Gorman,
Reuters, May 24, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2419427920100525
Scientists to Study
Impact of Gulf Oil Spill on Marine Food Webs
ScienceDaily, May
25, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100524143425.htm
Oil Spill Threatens
Toothy Marine Predator That Is Cultural and Historic Icon
ScienceDaily, May
27, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100527122154.htm
The Deepwater Horizon
Disaster and Wetlands
The Swamp School, May 27, 2010
http://swampschool.org/the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-and-wetlands/
Spawning Habitat of
Bluefin Tuna in Gulf of Mexico: Critical Area Intersects Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill
ScienceDaily, May
31, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100528210726.htm
How the Gulf Oil Spill
Could Hurt Animals: The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatens hundreds of
species, and some of its effects may not be felt for months—or longer
NWF Staff, National Wildlife Federation, May 4, 2010
http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/2010/Oil-spill-species.aspx?s_src=20100602_NWM_Jun
After the Oil Spill: New
Research Sheds Light on Coral Susceptibility to Environmental Stress
ScienceDaily,
June 1, 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100601101548.htm
Ask the
Conservationist: Oil vs. Nature
The Nature
Conservancy, June 2010
http://support.nature.org/site/PageServer?pagename=asktheconservationist_201006
A Crude Awakening: The
Status of Sperm Whales in the Gulf of Mexico
By Cloe Waterfield, Living Green Online Magazine
http://www.livinggreenmag.com/climate_nature.html
NOAA Expands Fishing
Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
The closed area is now 88,502 square
miles, approximately 37 percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters. For more
information, visit
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/.
Deepwater Horizon Response website, June 2, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/584051/
NOAA Opens 430
Square-Mile Fishing Area in Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Horizon Response website, June 7, 2010
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/598083/
