BP's Gulf Oil Spill: 1 Year Later

Where in the Gulf of Mexico is the oil from the Macondo well blowout?

Testing of shrimp, crabs and fish, among other seafood harvested in the Gulf of Mexico, continues

One year later, there are more questions than answers about the impact of the oil spill from BP's Macondo well on wildlife and ecosystems

Remote imaging of the failed blowout preventer, stress testing various containment devices as well as other high-tech tasks helped contain the Deepwater Horizon disaster

This past summer's BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico brings to the surface failures in both government and industry

Contrary to expectations, a plume of oil formed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon blowout

Hurricane Alex provided a preview of the likely impacts of a hurricane on the ongoing oil spill

A group of endangered sperm whales live in the vicinity of the oil spill--and now one of them has turned up dead. David Biello reports

It remains unclear what impact chemical dispersants will have on sea life--and only the massive, uncontrolled experiment being run in the Gulf of Mexico will tell

Microbial activity could end up exacerbating waters with little oxygen--as could the coating of oil

Bacteria and other microbes are the only thing that will ultimately clean up the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The short answer is everywhere--the sea surface, deep waters, the Gulf Coast, in deepwater corals and even as far as the Arctic

It's not just a matter of stopping the spill, it's also a matter of where the oil ends up

Remotely operated subs have met with both success and failure in stanching the flow of crude, and the oil industry may need to rely on completely autonomous vehicles