News

• Oil spills underreported in Mexican Gulf

  

  Coast Guard's self-reporting system may paint an incomplete picture.

  ( 21 April 2011 )

• Deepwater Horizon: one year on

  

  What is the state of the Gulf of Mexico one year after the Deepwater Horizon blowout began?

  ( 19 April 2011 )

• Oil spill: Deep wounds

  

  The Gulf of Mexico oil spill set records for its size and depth. A year on, the biggest impacts seem to be where they are hardest to spot.

  ( 13 April 2011 )

• Gulf research cash still in limbo

  

  Scientists are frustrated by slow progress in the roll-out of funds to investigate the aftermath of Deepwater Horizon.

  ( 15 February 2011 )

• Deepwater Horizon dispersants lingered in the deep

  

  Chemicals' toxicity to deep-water ecosystems remains an open question.

  ( 27 January 2011 )

• Gulf-oil studies stalled by scarce samples

  

  Frustration of independent researchers spills out over suspended distribution by BP and US government.

  ( 14 January 2011 )

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Blog

• Oil spill science

  

  Updates from Newsblog including posts from the research vessel Pelican as it studied the impact of the Deepwater oil spill.

  ( 10 February 2011 )

Opinion

• A frozen hell

  

  A year after the oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, Jeffrey Short and Susan Murray call for action to prevent an even more nightmarish scenario: a spill in the Arctic.

  ( 14 April 2011 )

• This is not a drill

  

  Worst-case scenarios happen. We must prepare for them and be able to respond.

  ( 14 April 2011 )

• How to defend against future oil spills

  

  Researchers and regulators need to keep up with the changing risks, and share information, says Arne Jernelöv, as tanker spills decline and pipeline leaks and blowouts become more of a concern.

  ( 7 July 2010 )

• A full accounting

  

  The BP spill should help make the case for bringing ecosystem services into the economy.

  ( 23 June 2010 )

• All at sea

  

  US agencies have moved too slowly in gathering key data on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

  ( 26 May 2010 )

• Measure methane to quantify the oil spill

  

  Plumes of dissolved gas could be used to determine how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, says David Valentine — if the studies are done soon.

  ( 23 May 2010 )

• World view: Disaster, unmitigated

  

  An oil slick will not re-engage the public with environmental issues, warns Colin Macilwain, but it might lead to a saner US energy policy.

  ( 31 March 2010 )