The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

This summer UA environmental anthropologist Diane Austin observed the Gulf community’s utter exhaustion from the oil spill, and now she is heading back to research the spill’s long-term effects.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors in the Gulf Coast region need to be alert to both the short and long-term health effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, U.S. health experts said on Monday. Prior oil ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. The tanker struck a reef on March 24, 1989, and unleashed ...

Guided by lessons learned during the response to the 2011 oil spill in the Yellowstone River, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are attempting to gather baseline data on the effects of ...

As explained in Chapter 1 of this summary, communication with the public about risk and research strategies could strengthen existing and future surveillance and monitoring systems. The workshop ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, at the time the nation's largest oil spill.

Anthropogenic disturbances such as oil spills can cause mortality in benthic infaunal communities, reducing diversity and abundance and impeding sediment ecosystem functions. Sublethal effects of oil ...

CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov 18 (Reuters) - Scientists have only begun to understand the impact of the BP Plc oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a top U.S. fisheries official said on Thursday. Sign up ...

This post was first published on the Cari-Bois Environmental News Network; the version below is republished as part of a content-sharing agreement. Authorities in Tobago are continuing an ...

Tropical Storm Bonnie could help dissipate a giant oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, but could further damage fragile marshlands if heavy wind and waves drive more oil ashore, experts said today. The ...