Archive for the ‘Ocean Ecology’ Category

May 5 2010

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Posted by Pike at 8:44 pm on May 5th, 2010 to Miscellaneous, News & Events, Ocean Ecology.

On April 20th, 2010, an explosion on the oilrig Deepwater Horizon caused the rig to sink and the oil to start spewing into the sea, (hope you didn’t own stock in BP). Depending on who you ask, the amount of crude oil being deposited into the Gulf is anywhere from 5,000 – 25,000 barrels per [...]

Apr 28 2009

The day has finally arrived. After years of thought and countless hours of hard work and designing, David de Rothschild’s “Plastiki” is scheduled to begin its remarkable journey today across the Pacific Ocean. This expedition of about 12,000 nautical miles, an impressive distance in itself, will all be done on an environmentally friendly [...]