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March 11, 2011 Honshu tsunami propagation

March 11, 2011 Honshu tsunami propagation Propagation of the March 11, 2011 Honshu tsunami was computed with the NOAA forecast method using MOST model with the tsunami source inferred from [...]

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Crude Awakening

Crude Awakening An infographic to help you understand the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico and the incredible costs that will affect us all. View the infographic

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What Happens When an Oil Spill Occurs?

What Happens When an Oil Spill Occurs? As you go step by step through this resource, learn about what happens in an oil spill such as the Exxon Valdez and [...]

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Oil spill growing in the Gulf

Oil spill growing in the Gulf The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded April 20 while preparing a well for oil extraction and sank 2 days later. The wellhead on the [...]

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Oil Spills – Disaster at Sea

Oil Spills – Disaster at Sea When an oil tanker runs aground or springs a leak, the chances of an ecological disaster are strong. The sticky black cargo spreads quickly [...]

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Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and collapse

Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and collapse View the photoslideshow

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Advance of the Oil Blobs

Advance of the Oil Blobs As BP battles to contain the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the spill congeals around the flora and fauna of the coastline. [...]

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Interactive: Gulf of Mexico oil leak

Interactive: Gulf of Mexico oil leak View the interactive graphic

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The Gulf’s silent environmental crisis

The Gulf’s silent environmental crisis Ten miles off the coast of Louisiana, where the air tastes like gasoline and the ocean looks like brownie batter, Louisiana State University professor Ed [...]

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The Final Moments

The Final Moments A surge of natural gas exploded on the 32,000-ton Deepwater Horizon drilling platform on April 20, killing 11 of the 126 crewmembers aboard. View the interactive graphic

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Oil Primer: Where It Comes From, Where It Goes

Oil Primer: Where It Comes From, Where It Goes As the Deepwater Horizon continues to leak oil at a rapid rate, many people are asking whether we should be drilling [...]

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Putting a lid on the leak

Putting a lid on the leak BP is trying three strategies to stem the flow of crude oil from the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon about a mile beneath the [...]

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Oil Spill Impacts Gulf States

Oil Spill Impacts Gulf States Federal officials shut down fishing from the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle on Sunday because of the uncontrolled gusher spewing massive amounts of oil [...]

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Graphics: Top kill procedure explained

What’s next for leaking well BP will attempt to plug the Gulf oil well by injecting heavy mud into it to reverse the flow so it can be capped. How [...]

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US oil spill explained

US oil spill explained The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be three times larger than previously estimated, satellite images have showed. Images taken of the slick from a [...]

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Tracking the Oil Spill in the Gulf

Tracking the Oil Spill in the Gulf The “estimated extent” of the oil slick is an estimate by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of where oil is mostly likely [...]

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Oil Spill Remedies: Trial and Error in Deep Water

Oil Spill Remedies: Trial and Error in Deep Water Since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, BP has tried a number of techniques to stanch [...]

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Dangerous Work: Major oil rig accidents catastrophic but rare

Dangerous Work: Major oil rig accidents catastrophic but rare Working on oil rigs has inherent risks, from storms to explosions that kill workers or leave them missing at sea. A [...]

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Tracking the Gulf oil spill

Tracking the Gulf oil spill View the interactive graphic

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Spill trajectory

Spill trajectory View the interactive graphic

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill day by day

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill day by day Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day have been [...]

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