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'What is Operation Top Kill? " is something on the minds of millions of people today as British Petroleum (BP) plans again to stop the oil that is gushing uncontrollably from a broken pipe 5,000 feet down at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
News from the Gulf of Mexico this week has centered around the issue of transparency.
The U.S. government, scientists, and the media have continued their effort to pry valuable inforamtion and footage from BP pertaining to critical details about the on-going oil spill.
A startling new image released by NASA today shows a massive column of oil extending out Southeast towards the open ocean.
It's been another week, and once again the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is stealing all of the headlines.
Images and video of the Horizon Oil Rig explosion; the busted pipeline spewing oil into the ocean; the ever morphing and growing oil slick; and oily debris washing up on the Louisiana coastline have been of particular fascination in recent days.
NASA has released a very clear shot of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that was taken yesterday by their Terra Satellite:
British Petroleum's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has garnered extraordinary media attention over the past two weeks. The oil spill has penetrated multiple sectors of society as its implications on the environment, economy, government, and the energy industry continue to grow.
While BP (NYSE:BP) officials scramble today to cap the second of three massive oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico, more news is starting come in on the oil that is now lapping up onto the shores of a national wildlife refuge off the coast of Louisi
In tune with Earth Week 2010, NASA has unveiled NEX, or the NASA Earth Exchange -- an impressive super computer with seeming endless capabilities.
What NEX Does:
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have received an additional $2.1 Million in funding from the EPA as they embark on examining
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has proposed the construction of several wind turbines at the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) located on Wallops Island, Virginia.
