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BP oil spill spreads toward Pensacola
The focus of the BP oil spill relief effort is shifting eastward – toward the beaches of Alabama and Pensacola, Fla. – as the slick’s toll on Gulf wildlife slowly mounts.
Tar balls bobbed toward Pensacola, threatening to make Florida the fourth Gulf state directly affected by the undersea geyser from BP’s [...]
Oil Spill Pensacola
Yesterday morning, isolated oil slicks were about ten miles from the beaches of Pensacola which is a major holiday resort. Now the rusty brown layer of oil is only five to six miles away from the Pensacola coasts. However the beaches remained open but the monitoring authorities remained frustrated while they [...]
Hogchoker
Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) is a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America. They prefer brackish water, and are abundant in many bays and estuaries north of the Carolinas (another similar species replaces it south of the Carolinas). It is a member of the Sole family soledae. They are [...]
Gulf oil spill now bigger than Exxon Valdez
COVINGTON, La. – The Gulf oil spill has surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history, according to new estimates released Thursday, but the Coast Guard and BP said an untested procedure to stop it seemed to be working.
A team of scientists trying to determine how much oil has [...]
NASA Space Shuttle Launch on Last Mission Today
NASA Space Shuttle Launch on Last Mission Today – The NASA space shuttle Atlantis is set to take off and launch today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is its final and last mission after almost a quarter-century missions.
STS-132 is a space-station servicing mission that will deliver the Russian-built [...]
