Aug 19 2010
Giant Underwater Oil Plume Found in Gulf of Mexico
A new survey of the waters around the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has found a massive, submerged plume of hydrocarbons.
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Aug 10 2010
Extreme Weather Fuels Debate Over Global Warming
Record heat and floods in Europe and Asia match climatologists' predictions, but experts are cautious about interpreting events as signs of man-made warming.
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Aug 05 2010
BP to Cement Over Well
BP is now filling its broken well in the Gulf with cement as extra insurance that more oil will not escape.
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Aug 04 2010
Oil Spill Estimates May Be Too Optimistic
About three quarters of nearly 5 million barrels of oil has been accounted for, according to a federal report. Is the worst really over?
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Aug 03 2010
Underwater Oil in Gulf Poses Threats
Officials recently declared the Gulf oil spill no longer poses a risk to the East Coast. But marine scientists are worried about the oil we can't see.
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Aug 02 2010
Sixgill Shark Families Stick Together
Scientists find out that family is one reason why the prehistoric-looking sixgill shark keeps showing up in Puget Sound.
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Aug 02 2010
BP Readies Oil Well ‘Kill’
Engineers will pump heavy drilling fluid called "mud" into the cap in a bid to push the oil back down into the well.
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Jul 16 2010
What Now for the Gulf Oil Gusher?
Now that the Gulf oil spill is capped, we answer some pressing questions about what to expect next.
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Jul 16 2010
2010 on Track to Be Warmest On Record
The record-breaking highs we're feeling now could soon become the norm.
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Jul 08 2010
Unprecedented Turtle Egg Move Underway
Just how do you relocate some 70,000 sea turtle eggs endangered by the Gulf spill? Very, very carefully.
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