Tag: Deepwater Horizon

  • Oil eating bacteria fixed the Gulf disaster but might not save you next time

    Oil-Eating Bacteria Fixed The Deepwater Horizon Disaster, But They May Not Help Next Time BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com It turned out the Gulf was filled with bacteria that loved to chow down on exactly what was spilling out of BP’s destroyed oil well. How fortuitous! But hoping that hungry bacteria will help in the next…

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  • BP, blowout preventers, and crowdsourcing

    via http://oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/ Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a non-profit organization based in New Orleans, has launched a database built on the Ushahidi platform (which aggregates text messages, calls and e-mails into a visually mapped and searchable database) to track the effects of the Gulf oil spill to direct first responders to where help is most urgently needed.  Related articles…

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