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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BP oil spill unlikely to be contained until August: US
Louisiana: US government and BP officials are warning that the blown-out oil well causing an environmental disaster on the Gulf Coast may not be stopped until August as the company begins preparations on a new attempt to capture the leaking crude.
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Oil spill biggest environmental disaster in US
BP moves to a new containment plan called the Lower Marine Riser Package Cap to siphon off the leaking oil to the surface, carried by remotely operated robots on the ocean floor : The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is probably "the biggest environmental disaster" that the United States has ever experienced, senior White House official Carol Browner said on Sunday.
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Top kill' success reported
Narayan Lakshman Washington: After 37 days of failing to halt a torrent of oil spilling from its damaged offshore rig into the Gulf of Mexico, engineers from rig owner British Petroleum and other agencies reportedly stemmed the flow using a
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Oil spill: what is a top kill'?
Finlo Rohrer One way to think about
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Measure methane to quantify the oil spil
As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, the question remains: how big an environmental disaster is this?
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Flood of oil, drought of research
With oil still gushing from an offshore well in the Gulf of Mexico, some scientists and environmentalists worry that US federal agencies have not done enough to gather precious data on the spill, now into its second month.
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The Gulf oil spill
At the time of this writing, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has continued unabated for one month. On April 20, 2010, the Mississippi Canyon 252 Deepwater Horizon oil well exploded, killing 11 people. The rig sank on April 22.
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All at sea
US agencies have moved too slowly in gathering key data on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Editorial)
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Drill pipe tests showed warning signs before BP oil leak, says panel
BP Plc told congressional investigators on Tuesday that pressure tests on a drill pipe showed a fundamental mistake hours before the deadly explosion that caused the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, a memo released by two congressmen showed.
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BP to deploy top-kill operation
Narayan Lakshman Washington: In a pitched battle to shut off the MC252 well that has been spewing vast amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for over a month, British Petroleum announced plans to use a new technical manoeuvre called a