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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...

Scientists: A Solar Storm Could Have the Power of Katrina

Worsening solar storms could shut down telecommunications, ground airline service and even lead to global blackouts, scientists and government officials warned in Washington, D.C. People need to be aware of the dire consequences a massive solar storm could have on the global infrastructure, Helena Lindberg of the Swedish...

Report: Controversial NOAA Oil Spill Estimates Accurate

(Nov. 23) -- Last summer's much-derided federal estimates of how much oil from BP's disaster remained in the Gulf of Mexico have proved mostly accurate, according to a peer review of the numbers released today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "The bottom line is, even under the intense pressures ......

Scientists Find Dead Coral Near Site of BP Oil Spill

(Nov. 6) -- Scientists have found dead coral in the Gulf of Mexico only a few miles from where the BP oil well blew out six months ago, raising new concerns that damage from the massive spill may be worse than reported. "The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun," Charles Fisher, a Penn State...

Major Study Charts Long-Lasting Oil Plume in Gulf

WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- A 22-mile-long invisible mist of oil is meandering far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will probably loiter for months or more, scientists reported Thursday in the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from the BP spill. The most worrisome part is the slow pace at which...

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05/30/12 World, Nation Dispatches, May 30, 2012 Source: Portland Press Herald - Portland ME The head of the National Weather Service has suddenly retired, and the agency is seeking an emergency $35.6 million from Congress because of allegations of financial mismanagement and money shifting within the agency.
05/29/12 Weather service head retires after improper fund... Source: USA Today Jack Hayes , director of the National Weather Service since 2007, retired Tuesday after an internal investigation found that agency staff improperly moved money among different accounts without congressional authorization.
05/29/12 Weather Service director retires after report of... Source: Federal Times Jack Hayes, director of the National Weather Service since 2007, retired Tuesday after an internal investigation found that agency staff improperly moved money among different accounts without congressional authorization.
05/29/12 EU and US take part in hearing on sustainable... Source: FISHupdate.com - Edinburgh - UK A key area of joint action is the fight against IUU (Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated) fishing, where cooperation was enshrined in the form of a joint statement signed by Commissioner Damanaki and Dr Lubchenco in the US in September last year.
05/29/12 Weather Service Director Quits After Audit Source: Local News 8 - Idaho Falls ID The director of the National Weather Service announced his sudden retirement last week after an internal investigation found the agency shifted some of its funding internally without asking Congress, according to officials familiar with the situation.