Containing and Cleaning Up the Deepwater Oil Rig Disaster

The downside: by going deeper it will take another two months. In the meantime the oil company scrambles for temporary fixes

The oil spill will not just have an environmental impact--the catastrophe, along with efforts to stop it, may reshape the geography of Louisiana's Gulf coast

New York University sociologist Harvey Molotch compares the devastating 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill with Deepwater to see how far the U.S. government and the oil industry have--and have not--come

A team of researchers is hoping that the study of methane will help more accurately calculate the extent of the oil spill and the Gulf's ability to break down the slick

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

Scientists frustrated as questions about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go unanswered.

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

How will the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf impact the bird populations of the South Coast?

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

As bad as it is, BP's Gulf oil spill dwindles compared with gushers of the past. David Biello reports

Crews from the Guard, BP and local fishermen have been hard at work in the Gulf of Mexico since the oil rig exploded and sank in April

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

On Thursday BP began using the chemical compounds to dissolve the crude oil, both on the surface and deep below, deploying an estimated 100,000 gallons

The global oil giant responsible for the fast-spreading spill in the Gulf of Mexico is no stranger to major accidents

Clean-up efforts begin after oil explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

Do oil disasters happen less or does the media not prioritize them?

National renewable standards and offshore drilling still in question, however

That's not just because of the economic crisis slowing demand, remaining unexplored oil reservoirs are in deep waters offshore