10 Species 10 Years Later
<p>This report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later, summarizes the best information available about the wildlife featured. We selected these species for many reasons: They represent different types of affected
Gulf Of Mexico
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Shell Spills More Than 80,000 Gallons of Oil in Gulf of Mexico
An oil spill from the Royal Dutch Shell company has released 2,100 barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, forcing the company to shut down all its wells that flow to its Brutus platform. The U.S. Bureau
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Study links fetal and newborn dolphin deaths to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have finalized a four-year study of newborn and fetal dolphins found stranded on beaches in the northern Gulf of Mexico between 2010 and 2013. Their study, reported in the
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Deafening Atlantic oil prospecting to go ahead despite threat to marine life
The Obama administration is to allow surveying of the seabed using seismic airguns that have been likened to a ‘grenade blast’ for whales and other creatures The Obama administration is to press ahead
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Gulf of Mexico: Shipwrecks from Civil War and WW2 used to understand health of ocean ecosystems
Thousands of shipwrecks spanning more than 500 years of marine history are being used to better understand the health of deep-ocean eco-systems. An international team of scientists initially set out
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Magnitude 6.9 quake hits off western coast of Mexico: USGS
An magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit off the western coast of Mexico on Thursday, about 6.2 miles deep (10 km) and 165 miles (266 km) west of Cihuatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Service said.
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BP spill manslaughter charges dropped, one guilty of environmental crime
Manslaughter charges were dropped against two former BP well site managers involved in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil drilling disaster on Wednesday, and one pleaded guilty to an environmental crime,
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BP wins one U.S. court ruling, loses another over 2010 Gulf spill
A U.S. appeals court said BP Plc, which in July reached a $18.7 billion settlement of federal, state and local claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, must face one of two proposed class-action
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Environmentalists urge Canada not to approve oil spill solvent
Environmentalists are urging Canada's Conservative government not to loosen rules involving a substance used for treating oil spills in water, citing research questioning its ecological impact. The
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Hurricanes Transport Pollutants: New Study Reveals Storm-Generated Currents
Scientists are learning a bit more about how hurricanes transport pollution. Researchers have taken a closer look at how the downwelling of warm waters in the ocean actually deepens a storm's fuel tank
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BP Posts Loss as Oil Spill Settlement and Sagging Demand Take Toll
LONDON — The British oil giant BP said on Tuesday that it lost $5.8 billion in the second quarter, reflecting a huge settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The roughly 40 percent fall in