The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill contaminated large areas of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Contamination from the spill poses serious health risks to many of the epipelagic populations of marine wildlife that reside within or around the primary contamination zone. Prior oil spills, such as ...
Compelling evidence of the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals will be published online in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week beginning March 26, 2012. The researchers, led by Penn State University Biologist ...
The spill had a huge impact on marine wildlife, including wild bottlenose dolphins living in Louisiana’s Barataria Bay. A study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in April 2016 noted that the spill may have led to historically high death rates and impaired...
Free Essay: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also known as the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill happened on August 10, 2010. Today,this is known as the...
The aftermath of theDeepwater Horizondisaster led to improvement of technical procedures, such as operation and maintenance of BOPs and the provision of devices to cap wells under worst-case scenario situations such as the unrestricted flow of oil and gas from an open hole on the floor of the...
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, arguing it failed to fully consider the effects on endangered species when reviewing the environmental damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico sp
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest accidental marine oil spill in history, releasing nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil. Crude oil causes both lethal and sublethal effects on marine organisms, and sensory systems have the potential to be strongly affected. Marine fishes rely upon...
history. The impact of the crisis, which began with the deaths of 11 workers and then simmered for several days before an expanding oil slick grabbed worldwide attention, promises to test the federal government's ability to protect habitat, wildlife, and the economic well-being of a four-...
Several theories have been proposed to explain the development of harmful algal blooms (HABs) produced by the toxic dinoflagellate \emph{Karenia brevis} on the West Florida Shelf. However, because the early stages of HAB development are usually not detected, these theories have been so far very...
Photos from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on April 20, 2010 show heartbreaking images of deceased or soon-to-be-deceased sea life—birds, fish, sea turtles, and mammals—cloaked in thick black grime.