Water Pollution

North Sea gas leak not contaminating water - government

The ongoing North Sea gas leak at Total's Elgin platform has not directly contaminated the marine environment, the Scottish government said on Wednesday citing the results of tests of water and sed

Publication Date: 
18/04/2012
Reuters
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North Sea, Natural Gas, Marine Pollution, Water Pollution, Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Oil Pollution
Water Pollution

Florida Seeks To Delay Approval Of BP Settlement

The Attorney General for the State of Florida has asked a federal court to delay granting preliminary approval of BP Plc's $7.8 billion settlement with businesses and individuals suing over the mas

Publication Date: 
16/04/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Gulf Of Mexico, British Petroleum (BP), Oil Pollution, Water Pollution, Environment, Court, Petrochemical Industry
Water Pollution

U.S. To Give BP Evidence On Size Of Gulf Oil Spill

BP Plc will gain access to U.S.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), British Petroleum (BP), Water Pollution, Oil Pollution, Gulf Of Mexico, Marine Pollution, Marine Ecosystems
Environment

Biggest environment satellite goes silent

PARIS: The European Space Agency said on Thursday it had lost contact with Envisat, the biggest Earth-monitoring satellite in history.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Space Technology, Gulf Of Mexico, Oil Pollution, British Petroleum (BP), Environment, Oceans and Seas, Land, Nuclear Accidents
Environment

Interspecific hybridization increased in congeneric flatfishes after the Prestige oil spill

Marine species with relatively low migratory capacity are threatened by habitat alterations derived from human activities. In November 2002 the tanker Prestige sank off the Spanish northwest coast releasing 70,000 tons of fuel and damaging biota in the area. Despite efforts to clean the damaged areas, fuel remnants have affected marine species over the last nine years. This study is focused on two flatfish, Lepidorhombus boscii (four-spotted megrim) and L. whiffiagonis (megrim), whose spawning areas are located at the edge of the continental platform.

Publication Date: 
12/04/2012
Victor Crego-Prieto, Jose L. Martinez, Agustin Roca & et al
PLoS ONE
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Oil Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Fisheries, Spain, Industrial Pollution
Water Pollution

U.S. to give BP evidence on size of Gulf oil spill

BP Plc will gain access to U.S.

Publication Date: 
12/04/2012
Reuters
Tags:
United States Of America (US), British Petroleum (BP), Petrochemical Industry, Water Pollution, Gulf Of Mexico, Oil Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Environment, Compensation
Environment

French court may overturn Total oil spill ruling

France's highest court could annul a verdict against national oil giant Total over a devastating 1999 oil spill off the Brittany coast, a legal source told Reuters on Friday.

Publication Date: 
12/04/2012
Reuters
Tags:
France, Oil Pollution, Court, Petrochemical Industry, Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Pollution, Wildlife, Marine Life, Water Pollution, Birds, Compensation
Water Pollution

Gulf of Mexico oil sheen triggers spill response

An oil sheen spotted near Royal Dutch Shell platforms in the central Gulf of Mexico has caused the company to send a spill response vessel and seek aircraft over flights, a Shell spokeswoman said o

Publication Date: 
12/04/2012
Reuters
Tags:
British Petroleum (BP), Water Pollution, Gulf Of Mexico, Marine Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Oil Pollution, United States Of America (US), Petrochemical Industry
Environment

Judge blocks bid to stop Chevron Brazil operations

A Brazilian judge denied an injunction seeking to bar oil company Chevron Corp and drill-rig operator Transocean Ltd from operating in Brazil after two offshore oil leaks, a federal court in Rio de

Publication Date: 
12/04/2012
Reuters
Tags:
Brazil, Petrochemical Industry, Environment, Court, Oil Pollution, Water Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Petrol
Environment

Microbial activities and dissolved organic matter dynamics in oil-contaminated surface seawater from the deepwater horizon oil spill site

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill triggered a complex cascade of microbial responses that reshaped the dynamics of heterotrophic carbon degradation and the turnover of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in oil contaminated waters. Our results from 21-day laboratory incubations in rotating glass bottles (roller bottles) demonstrate that microbial dynamics and carbon flux in oil-contaminated surface water sampled near the spill site two weeks after the onset of the blowout were greatly affected by activities of microbes associated with macroscopic oil aggregates.

Publication Date: 
11/04/2012
Kai Ziervogel, Luke McKay, Benjamin Rhodes & et al
PLoS ONE
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Oil Pollution, Micro Organisms, United States Of America (US), Industrial Pollution

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