News

NOAA is confirming that part of the oil slick has entered the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico. The Loop Current transports warm Caribbean water between the Yucatan and Cuba northward into the Gulf of Mexico, and then loops to the southeast towards the Florida Keys (eventually meeting up with the Gulf Stream). It’s […]

Yesterday, on a trip to South Pass, Louisiana to survey the BP oil drilling disaster, CBS reporters were turned away by the Coast Guard under threat of arrest because of “BP’s rules.” Since this catastrophe first began almost a month ago, BP has attempted to restrict independent monitoring of the spill site and its impacts,

Roughtongue Bass, Image Courtesy of Islands in the Stream 2001, NOAA/OER.The “Islands in the Stream” are a series of underwater coral reefs, banks, and ridges that ring the Gulf of Mexico – forming an incredibly biodiverse and productive chain of habitat across the Gulf. In 2008, NOAA and others attempted to seize the unique opportunity

Since the BP oil drilling disaster began, residents and communities from across much of the Gulf coast have reported discovering tar balls washed up onshore. Some of the areas where they have been discovered include Dauphin Island, Alabama, Long Beach, Mississippi and, now the Florida Keys. BP’s drilling disaster is releasing massive quantities of oil

Where in the world is Will (YYN995)?Will is an adult male Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. He washed ashore near Port Aransas, Texas on April 19, 2009. He was nursed back to health by Tony Amos and the good folks at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), on the campus of the University of Texas Marine Science

NOAA’s latest trajectory map for the oil slick, click to enlarge:

This weekend, the New York Times reported that scientists studying the gigantic oil spill in the Gulf have discovered enormous oil plumes below the surface of the water. These findings backup claims from other independent experts that BP’s drilling disaster has been spewing far more oil in the Gulf than previously estimated by BP and

After official reports of oil hitting Raccoon Island in the Terrebonne Barrier Island chain, we jumped on a plane with a photographer and a VIP in tow to document the containment efforts, and the wildlife at risk. We spotted what looked like blobs of oil threatening the amazing brown pelican and roseate spoonbill rookery that

This is the third and last installment of interviews that I shot last Sunday on my journey to the south pass where we unfortunately found tarballs just off shore from Captain Kennedy’s favorite unprotected fishing spot. Download for iPod, Right Click and Save As

While BP hasn’t been able to stop the flow of over 200,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, they have been holding some things back. After lots of pressure, BP finally agreed to release a 30-second clip of their video of the underwater oil geyser, but they’re not sharing the rest.