Hypoxia and Medicine - Gulf Coast Dead Zone News

Gulf Coast Dead Zone News

Oil spill response entering new phase Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:56PM PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La.-- When oil gushed out of the Macondo Well for months on end, Louisiana's coast became ground zero for efforts to keep the oil at bay. Even though no new oil has flowed from the well since mid-July, some local officials said residual oil remains in some coastal marshes. "How long is that going to last is anybody's guess," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser ...
Van Jones: The Gulf Will Be Beautiful Again Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:16PMSometimes it is hard to imagine that the cycle of destruction and suffering will ever end. But viable solutions exist, and the Gulf's beauty will return -- stronger than ever.
Midstate firefighters switch gears to fight oil spill Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:20PMAlthough firefighters are called on to deal with everything from wildfires to hurricanes, the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf was a new experience for the many Middle Georgia firefighters who spent weeks or months helping clean up oil and recover wounded animals.
ANALYSIS: Mexican drug wars fester along US border Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:12PMMexico City - The Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which bumps up against the US border along the Gulf coast, has become the epicentre of Mexico's drug and crime war.
New Report Warns Of Expanding Threat Of Hypoxia In U.S. Coastal Waters Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:45AMA report issued by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen "dead zones" in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the decades-long trend.
Audubon Aquarium celebrates 20 years and more in New Orleans Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:11AMEvents happening in and around New Orleans.
Hurricane continues march towards Maritimes Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:12AMResidents in the Maritimes are bracing for Hurricane Earl's arrival this weekend, with the storm spinning up the east coast and the latest storm tracking showing New Brunswick could be the hardest hit province in Canada.
China's Expanding Naval Power Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:50AMRobert Kaplan discusses the topic of his article in the May/June 2010 isse of Foreign Affairs, the geography of China and the rise of its navy.
Tiger Weekly Print Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:33PMFive years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents last Sunday that he would not abandon their cause.
Despite Cancun Attack, Tourism Booming, Officials Say Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:41PMAs Mexican officials investigate a bloody attack that left eight people dead in one of the country's most popular vacation destinations, officials there say the drug wars appear to be having little effect on tourism.
By Amanda Kim Stairrett Killeen Daily Herald Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:42PMPeace activists gathered in Killeen Monday morning to speak out against U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The event, which was hosted at Killeen's Under the Hood Café, focused on Iraq and the president's recent announcement that U.S. combat operations ended there today.
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:09PMRachel Alexandra, the reigning Horse of the Year, was unable to handle the classic distance of a mile and a quarter in Sunday's $300,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga, losing for the third time in five starts this year and casting doubt on a showdown with Zenyatta in November's Breeders' Cup Classic.
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:25AMBy ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action. Thoroughbred horse race - Sports - Racing - Equestrian - Tracks
God’s Country: Katrina Sows Uncertainty In The Eye of The Storm Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:45PMBrian Moliere thought he could ride out the storm. He had before, even during Hurricane Camille, the big one.
Katrina evacuees call Aggieland home Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:40AMHe had been retired for about two years, and Mickey Jung, who was born and raised in New Orleans, was content living as a bachelor in an attic apartment near Loyola University where he completed his undergraduate degree decades earlier. Like most Sa ...
'What the world doesn't know about, it will not care about or do anything to remedy' Inside Yemen, the most dangerous ... Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 4:11PMYemen is the latest training ground for Al Qaeda - and for the 12 million children caught in its war zones. Martin Bell reports from the front line.
The Conversation: Capturing New Orleans Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:34PMWhen Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, journalists and photographers were some of the few people there to see the devastation and hear residents' cries of pain. Now, photographer Mario Tama looks in a new book back at the searing images from Katrina and its aftermath. Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans - Gulf Coast of the United States - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric ...
DOUBLE VISION Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:25AML’Observateur RESERVE — Trenese and Trenell Smith knew their Loyola Wolfpack wouldn’t be the favorites when facing Point Loma Nazarene of California in the second round of the 2008 NAIA National Tournament. Not by a long shot.
New microbe found eating Gulf oil Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:18PMA newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico.Complete coverage of Gulf Coast recovery
Letters Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:45PMDear ER: Your article about the AVP (“Down to business,” August 19, 2010) leaves several inaccurate impressions which need to be addressed. First of all there is no interview or comment from Leonard Armato. He is clearly one of the central themes in the article.
Gulf Coast Marks Katrina Anniversary, Copes with BP Disaster, Leads on Clean Energy Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:33AMNew Orleans - As the fifth anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita approaches, Gulf Coast residents are continuing to cope with the damage wrought by the latest tragedy, the BP oil disaster.
BP told to submit blowout preventer removal plan Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 12:07PMHOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will remove a failed blowout preventer from its ruptured Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico under watchful eyes of investigators probing the deadly April 20 explosion, the top U.S. official overseeing the oil spill response said.
Ombud blasts government's treatment of veterans Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 2:10PMThe outgoing veterans ombudsman, retired colonel Pat Stogran, is going out firing his guns at the Conservative government and federal bureaucrats, expressing his anger at how Ottawa treats its veterans.
Many problems linked by one theme - degradation of coastal wetlands Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 5:09AMUnwanted news is no coincidence
DOUBLE VISION Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 1:26AML’Observateur RESERVE — Trenese and Trenell Smith knew their Loyola Wolfpack wouldn’t be the favorites when facing Point Loma Nazarene of California in the second round of the 2008 NAIA National Tournament. Not by a long shot.
Bars, concert, comedy and attraction listings Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 5:06AMBARSSARASOTABACALAO SPORTS GRILL BAR: Karaoke, 6:30 p.m. Thurs. / Hip-hop, 10 p.m. Thurs. /
Letters-August 12 2010 Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 3:30PMThank you very much for reporter Robb Fulcher’s excellent article on drugs and alcohol at Mira Costa High School (“High School Confidential,” July 29, 2010). I recommended it to all my friends and parents because he laid out the multi-pronged program so well.
World Briefs (08/09/10) Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 11:13PMSEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea seized a South Korean fishing boat in waters near their eastern sea border, the South Korean Coast Guard said Sunday, straining already high tensions between the two Koreas.
Land-bridge is feasible, study by UAE finds Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 12:36PMThe Bt131-billion Thai Landbridge Project - featuring an oil "bridge" link across the Thai peninsula and related industries - should be initiated as it is economically feasible, according an executive report sponsored by a UAE state agency.
Minerals Service Had a Mandate to Produce Results Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 4:26AMThe Minerals Management Service has been ridiculed as a pawn of the oil industry it was meant to oversee, and the Gulf Coast office has drawn particular scorn.
Minerals Service Had a Mandate to Produce Results Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 1:14AMNEW ORLEANS -- On March 5, 1997, an obscure federal official with a puckish grin entered a hotel ballroom here and greeted 1,000 jittery oilmen on what would prove a landmark day.
Scorching Putin Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 11:48PMRed-headed spy Anna Chapman is no longer the hottest thing in Russia. Now it's the 500 out-of-control wildfires devouring thousands of square miles of the countryside. This conflagration makes California's annual blazes look like Boy Scout campfires. The fires have consumed entire villages and ravaged the critical wheat...
Republicans, Big Oil - you know the drill Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 6:29PMPATRICK SMYTH
Dead fish cleaned up; festival will go on Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 1:53PMPORT ST. JOE — In a Friday morning meeting, city officials voted 4-1 to reopen the Frank Pate Park boat ramp, which was closed Thursday afternoon after the fish kill was detected in St. Joseph’s Bay. The finding comes just before the city’s...
Did Gulf Coast dodge an ecological bullet? Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 7:14PMWITH most of a once-massive Gulf of Mexico oil slick no longer a threat, environmental experts say the Gulf coast may have dodged the worst nightmare of a massive catastrophe.
AP Enterprise: Scientists think Gulf can recover Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 5:19PMWant to know the future of the oil-stained Gulf of Mexico ecosystem? Look first to its muddy, polluted past. The recent ecological history of the Gulf gives scientists reason for hope.
AP Enterprise: Scientists think Gulf can recover Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 4:46PMWant to know the future of the oil-stained Gulf of Mexico ecosystem? Look first to its muddy, polluted past.
BP seal off Gulf of Mexico well Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 4:15PMBP has pumped cement down its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well, sealing it off and setting up a planned permanent kill later this month of the source of the world's worst marine spill.
Scientists think Gulf can recover Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 4:12PMIn a survey of Gulf of Mexico researchers by The Associated Press, at least 10 of them separately volunteered the same word to describe the oil-stained body of water: "resilient." Gulf of Mexico - Water - Energy - Business - Operating Companies
BP cements Gulf oil well, sets up for permanent kill Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 4:08PMBP pumped cement down its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, sealing it off and setting up a planned permanent kill later this month of the source of the world's worst marine spill.
AP Enterprise: Scientists think Gulf can recover Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 2:51PMIt's a (6-foot-tall) girl! Giraffe gives birth at Philly zoo; 1st in 13 years to be born there (natural sound) More>>
Analysis: Did Gulf dodge an ecological bullet? Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 12:49PMBy Chris Baltimore HOUSTON (Reuters) - With most of a once-massive Gulf of Mexico oil slick no longer a threat, environmental experts say the Gulf coast may have dodged the worst nightmare of a massive catastrophe. [More]
Analysis: Did Gulf dodge an ecological bullet? Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 11:16AMBy Chris Baltimore
BP cements Gulf oil well ahead of permanent plug Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 6:04AMSource: Reuters * Daylong cementing operation completed * Progress is a relief for BP, Obama administration * Shares show signs of recovery on hopes of final solution * US government report says most oil " ...
RPT-ANALYSIS-Did US Gulf Coast dodge an ecological bullet? Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 12:18AMSource: Reuters * Shoreline impacts less than originally feared * Undersea plumes could cause "dead zones" * Oil effects could take years to filter through ecosystem By Chris Baltimore HOUSTON, Aug 5 ...
YOUR COMMENTS Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 1:56AMCAMBRIDGE — A Broadneck Peninsula scientist on President Barack Obama's Gulf oil spill committee is accustomed to second-guessing and controversy - whether it's over a proposal to introduce foreign oysters into the Chesapeake Bay or a plan to limit how many crabs watermen can harvest.
SPECIAL REPORT - Watching grass grow in the Gulf, and cheering! Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:42PMBIRDFOOT DELTA, Louisiana (Reuters) - Marsh grasses are the tough guys of the plant world. Left alone, they dominate coastal marshes from Texas to Newfoundland. Burn their stems and leaves, and they come back bushier than ever.
FACTBOX-Oil spill adds to environment insults on US Gulf Coast Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:05PMFACTBOX-Oil spill adds to environment insults on US Gulf Coast
Countering Turkey’s Strategic Drift Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:20PMAbstract: For decades, Turkey and the United States cooperated in the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, and even Korea. However, Turkish and U.S. interests in the Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf have recently diverged.
Oil dispersants a threat to Gulf breeding grounds, fishery experts say Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 8:23PMOil dispersants a threat to Gulf breeding grounds, fishery experts say