NOAA chief confirms underwater oil plumes from BP oil leak
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Dr. Jane Lubchenco of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today that underwater oil plumes as far as 142 miles from the BP oil leak exist.
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New oil spill total is bad news for BP, wildlife
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GRAND ISLE, La.—The astonishing news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment and BP's financial health, killing more marine life and dramatically increasing the amount the company must pay in fines and damages.
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Bluefin migration here seen threatened by spill
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The continued fouling of the Gulf of Mexico with crude
oil from the wreckage of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig could not have
occurred at a worse place or time for the future of the bluefin tuna and
other large migratory species, the locally-based director of the Large
Pelagics Research Center said Thursday.
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Scientists Find Signs of Dead Zones in Sea
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A research team said it had found evidence of dead zones being
drained of life-giving oxygen deep in the Gulf of Mexico, as scientists
on Tuesday reported new details of vast submerged clouds of oil and
natural gas billowing from a well on the sea floor.
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Huge Oil Plumes Confirmed, But Effects Remain Unknown
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Researchers have confirmed that two large plumes in the Gulf of Mexico consist, as suspected, of dissolved hydrocarbons. Early analyses of samples from recent cruises have found hydrocarbons up to 78 kilometers from the leaking well, as well as encouraging signs that microbes are already degrading components of the oil. Although Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), describes the concentrations as "very low," she and other researchers caution that there still may be ecological impacts.
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