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Scientists: Gulf Health Nearly Back to Pre-Spill Level

BAY JIMMY, La. -- Scientists judge the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature's resiliency, an Associated Press survey of researchers shows. More than three dozen scientists grade the Gulf's big...

Remaining Gulf Spill Still Bigger Than Exxon Valdez

(Aug. 5) -- On Day 107, it seemed the news from the Gulf of Mexico couldn't be better. Not only did BP's "static kill" finally seal its runaway well, but then came a report that most of the spilled oil has vanished. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists announced that 74 percent of the oil that...

Capping BP Well Would Be Just 'End of the Beginning'

(July 13) -- If BP's latest effort to stanch its runaway well succeeds, and the newly installed cap passes an "integrity test" this week, it will be the most promising news to come out of the Gulf of Mexico in 85 days. The 150,000-pound cap, fitted snugly atop the reconfigured blowout preventer Monday night, now must...

BP Oil Spill Breaks Record for Biggest in Gulf

(July 1) -- America's worst-ever oil spill is now the Gulf of Mexico's most devastating in history as well. Oil gushing from the BP well following the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion April 20 that killed 11 workers has surpassed the record Ixtoc I spill in Mexican waters from 1979 to 1980, The Associated Press reports....

World's Biggest Oil Skimmer Enters the Gulf

(July 1) -- With Hurricane Alex's winds churning up waves in the Gulf of Mexico, there's only one ship believed to be strong enough to keep cleaning up the oil spill there amid stormy seas: the world's biggest oil skimmer. The Taiwanese-flagged vessel, named "A Whale," is 3 1/2 football fields long and looms 10 stories...