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  • Microbes haven't robbed Gulf of oxygen
    Federal officials say some underwater oxygen levels have fallen by 20 percent, but the levels aren't low enough to create 'dead zones.' They say that's good news because it shows the microbes are working, but aren't causing oxygen loss. read more

  • Photographing below the surface
    Nick Coburn Phillips, a marine biologist and photographer, traveled from Snowdonia, North Wales to photograph the underwater world of the Gulf.

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  • Interview with Bill Nye the Science Guy
    The most successful science educator in America today is a bow tie wearing former mechanical engineer who originally set out to show kids how much fun science can be. He went on to become a house-hold name and is now known to millions as Bill Nye the Science Guy. But Bill is much more than a scientist, he is an engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, and he's a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society in which everyone understands and appreciates the science that makes our world work. read more

  • Deepwater Horizon: After the oil
    When oil stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the ecosystems under assault started on a long road to recovery. Amanda Mascarelli meets the researchers assessing their chances. read more

  • USM scientist studies oil spill effects on ecosystem
    In response to those concerns, Milroy’s oil-related research will investigate: 1) how coastal hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and ocean acidification events may be worsened by the effects of crude oil; 2) how the toxic effects of PAHs might affect the survival of larva and thereby influence future stocks of commercially important species such as shrimp, oysters and pogy fish; and 3) the extent to which toxic PAHs are being accumulated in the tissues of organisms at all trophic levels within the coastal food web.
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  • Severe Weather: How Ocean Storms Work
    Severe ocean storms in the northern part of the world usually develop in late summer or early autumn near the equator. Scientists call them cyclones when they develop over the Indian Ocean. When they happen over the northwestern Pacific Ocean, the storms are typhoons. And in the eastern Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean they are called hurricanes. read more

  • Scientists Say New Turtle Species Found
    Scientists say they've found a new species of turtle in the Pearl River, and they've named it, aptly enough, the Pearl map turtle. read more

  • USF to look for spill's effects on food chain
    The Weatherbird is heading to the DeSoto Canyon, a deep-water area in the northern Gulf where researchers will use nets to gather specimens from waters as deep as 1,000 meters. read more

  • Massive increase in coastal dead zones linked to farm pesticide runoff
    The report cites the commercialization of farming practices over the past 50 years with tile drainage systems that allows farmers to control subsurface water levels has benefitted U.S. agriculture through increased yields, but has negatively affected water quality by speeding water and its solutes—such as nitrogen, phosphorus, pesticides and sediment—into streams and rivers without allowing natural elimination processes to occur read more

  • Marine Scientists Seek Standards For Spill Research
    Much of the scientific effort that has followed the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has focused on how much oil escaped and where it's gone. But biologists want to know how that oil might affect marine life over the long-term, and many say they're puzzled by the lack of an organized research effort to measure the damage.

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  • ymposium to examine legal and environmental effects of BP spill
    Loyola University New Orleans College of Law presents “The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill—A Billion Pound Dossier,” a legal and environmental examination of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The symposium will be held on Friday, Sept. 17, from 1:15 – 5:30 p.m., in Loyola’s College of Law, 526 Pine Street, Room 405. It is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. read more

  • Gulf Coast Communities Investigate Oily Sea Mist
    White says no trends have surfaced in their two months of testing. And with changing currents, tides and winds, he says, only long-term monitoring will give residents the answers they're looking for. read more

  • Strategies for measuring oil and dispersant in Gulf of Mexico discussed
    A species of seahorse unique to the waters of the Gulf Coast could face extinction because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warns marine conservation organization Project Seahorse. Without careful intervention, the dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) could virtually disappear within a few years, while many other fish populations, including several other species of seahorse, face a similarly bleak future as cleanup continues. read more

  • Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens seahorse species with extinction: researchers
    A species of seahorse unique to the waters of the Gulf Coast could face extinction because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warns marine conservation organization Project Seahorse. Without careful intervention, the dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) could virtually disappear within a few years, while many other fish populations, including several other species of seahorse, face a similarly bleak future as cleanup continues. read more

  • At least 205 coastal Alabama residents have been treated for oil-related health issues
    At least 205 people have gone to local emergency rooms, clinics and urgent care centers since May 14 complaining of ailments thought to be related to the oil spill, Alabama Department of Public Health officials reported this afternoon. read more

  • No reports of oil leaking from platform fire
    Daybreak brought no reports of oil leaking from an offshore oil platform that erupted in flames Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. read more

  • Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion
    A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. read more

  • USF researchers heading back into gulf Friday
    "As important members of the 'business-end' of the food chain, these deeper living species form a critical link in the ocean's economy," Torres added. "We will be sampling to look for evidence of exposure to sub-surface oil and to compare present abundances with those obtained in years past, prior to the spill. Using both strategies we should be able to get a good measure of the spill's impact." read more

  • Teaching out of the box
    For the next 10 months, interns John Armstrong of Ocean Springs and Randy Parson of Moss Point will rotate through the school working with teachers one-on-one to help them bring technology into education. The interns are there because of a $50,000 education grant from the IP Resort Casino and Spa. read more

  • National Marine Sanctuaries Highlighted at Blue Ocean Film Festival Aug. 24-29
    America's national marine sanctuaries played a starring role at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival held August 24-29 in Monterey, California. The 14 federally designated marine protected areas were featured in many of the 80+ films screened during the festival, including the winner for Best Ocean Exploration and Adventure Film, "Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures: America's Underwater Treasures," a feature produced by Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society. read more