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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...

Scientist Finds Gulf Bottom Still Oily, Dead

WASHINGTON -- Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor. That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar...

NOAA Launches Mission to Solve BP Oil Mystery

(Sept. 24) -- The NOAA research ship Pisces set off on a new mission today to search for oil that a University of Georgia biologist reported finding on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month. The trip is part of an initiative launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to sort out the...

Scientists Have Sinking Feeling About Gulf Oil

(Sept. 13) -- The oil many thought had evaporated or dispersed into the Gulf of Mexico is instead resting on the seafloor, scientists say. Researchers say they've found a thick layer of oil, likely from the BP spill, covering wide swaths of the bottom of the gulf. "We're finding it everywhere that we've looked. The oil...

Gulf Oil Spill in 3-D: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

(July 30) -- While a documentary on the gulf oil spill starring SpongeBob SquarePants will likely never see the light of day, the BP disaster is getting very real attention in filmmaking circles these days. One of the most talked-about spill movies on the horizon is "The Singing Planet" by Louie Psihoyos, Oscar-winning...