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Post by clone on Oct 12, 2012 9:55:47 GMT -8
Deepwater Horizon pipe 'responsible for new oil slick in Gulf of Mexico' Friday 12 October 2012 17.03 BST Oil sheen on the coast of Louisiana in September, which was linked to Deepwater Horizon. The oil disaster has also been blamed for the new slickGovernment scientists have definitively linked a new oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico to the BP oil spill disaster of 2010. A senior government scientist said the most likely source of the new oil is the mile-long length of pipe from the Deepwater Horizon rig, now lying in a crumpled loop on the ocean floor. www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/12/deepwater-horizon-oil-slick-gulf-mexico
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Post by moabiter on Oct 18, 2012 19:01:29 GMT -8
“Second Coming of Macondo Oil”: Beach closures still in effect since Isaac — Orange-yellow sand — Expert says this is ‘new normal’ for Gulf Published: October 10th, 2012 at 12:05 am ET enenews.com/second-coming-of-macondo-oil-beach-closures-still-in-effect-orange-yellow-sand-expert-says-this-will-be-new-normal-for-gulf - “The beaches are still covered with junk from Isaac, and the sand that is usually pure white has an orange-yellow color to it”
- “Local media are not carrying much news about it, but official types who won’t let us on to the beach, say they are awaiting oil clean up”
- The Mississippi Beach Monitoring website confirmed Groves’ reports that beaches as far east as Long Beach, Mississippi, about 90 kilometers east of New Orleans, have remained closed since August 31
Related Posts 1. BP Oil Exposed by Isaac Not Degrading — Official: We’ll be cleaning up for next 20 years if nothing done — Researcher: This is going to be the ‘new normal’ for Gulf Coast September 6, 2012 2. Oil reported at BP’s Macondo Well in Gulf could be coming from “fissures or cracks in sea floor” — NOAA covering up? October 4, 2012 3. Large sections of thick liquid oil spotted floating in Gulf after Isaac — Oiled wildlife reported September 7, 2012 4. Washington Post: Persistent rumors on ‘blogs’ that BP’s oil continues to spew into Gulf — FSU Expert: May be freshly released from Macondo reservoir October 12, 2012 5. Watch: Pilot films “substantial amounts of fresh-looking oil” in Gulf around BP’s Macondo reservoir (PHOTOS & VIDEO) October 11, 2012
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Post by clone on Feb 1, 2013 16:06:14 GMT -8
1 day ago Mystery 'oil sheen' grows near site of BP A persistent, mysterious "oil sheen" in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster grew to more than seven-miles long and one-mile wide during a recent stretch of calm seas, based on aerial observations made by a former NASA physicist turned environmental activist. "We had maybe three or four days (of calm weather) and that’s all it took for the stuff to build up considerably," Bonny Schumaker, the physicist who now runs the non-profit On Wings of Care, which makes regular flights over regions of the Gulf affected by the 2010 oil spill. A surface slick seen in aerial photos taken on Jan. 27 near the site of the 2010 BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is more than seven miles long.science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/31/16792048-mystery-oil-sheen-grows-near-site-of-bp-gulf-disaster-says-researcher
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Post by clone on Jul 9, 2013 16:00:29 GMT -8
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Post by anon on Dec 25, 2013 16:21:09 GMT -8
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Post by anon on Mar 6, 2014 6:25:55 GMT -8
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Post by guest on Apr 6, 2015 1:10:23 GMT -8
Fishermen Concerned About Seafood 4 Years After Gulf Oil Spill www.isciencetimes.com/articles/7121/20140427/gulf-oil-spill-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-fishermen-oysters-biloxi-vietnamese-fishermen.htmApril 27, 2014 8:47 PM EDT Four years after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 people and BP's Macondo well gushed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, some fishermen on the Gulf Coast are concerned that oysters and other fisheries have not been restored to previous levels. In Grand Isle, Louisiana, oil is still washing up on the beaches, according to an April 18 report by Reuters. Jules Melancon, a Grand Isle oysterman said he had not found a single oyster alive in his leased areas since the oil leaked into the Gulf and he relies on an onshore nursery to make a living. A new report, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, presented concerns about a number of species. The report, "Deepwater Horizon crude oil impacts the developing hearts of large predatory pelagic fish" — which are fish that don't live near the bottom or near the shore — found heart issues in many fish. Oysters have been hardest hit in the aftermath of the oil spill, according to Reuters. That's because they are immobile and unable to swim away from the oil, and also because of freshwater diversions opened along the Mississippi River to keep oil from seeping in to Louisiana wetlands. Al Sunseri, who runs P&J Oysters with his brother Sal in the French Quarter in New Orleans, said processors have been hit hard and the company now employees one part-time oyster shucker, compared to 11 before the spill. Sunseri said his business is handling 15 percent of the total local shrimp he handled before the spill. He said the shrimp either swam away from the oil or were killed or mutated by the spill and its aftermath.
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