GULF OIL DISASTER
Rig Workers Had Chance to Prevent Explosion
BP internal investigation report leaves some things unsaid
Oil, complexity and the inevitability of "system accidents."
"Last week, the company released a 192-page "internal investigation" (intended strictly for external audiences). With apologies to the wordsmiths at BP, the entire exercise might be summarized like this: "Mistakes were made. But not by us. Except when we made the mistake of agreeing with people at other companies.""
BP to install lockdown sleeve on Macondo
"...the well potentially could be sealed by Sept. 30."
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Scientists Find Thick Layer Of Oil On Seafloor
"Scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico are finding a substantial layer of oily sediment stretching for dozens of miles in all directions."
"Scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico are finding a substantial layer of oily sediment stretching for dozens of miles in all directions."
"Scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico are finding a substantial layer of oily sediment stretching for dozens of miles in all directions."
Deepwater doom: Extinction threat for world's smallest sea horse
The Oil Spill's Money Squeeze
The Oil Spill's Money Squeeze
The Oil Spill's Money Squeeze
"In May, Harriet M. Perry, the director of the fisheries program at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, was asked to examine some mysterious droplets found on blue crab larvae by scientists at Tulane University. An early test indicated that the droplets were oil, and she has continued to find similar droplets on fresh larvae samples taken all along the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Despite the potential significance of the discovery, Dr. Perry does not have research money to cover further tests. And like other scientists across the Gulf Coast who are racing to sketch out the contours of the BP oil spill's effects, she has few places to turn for help."
