I've been in England for the past two weeks, and will be writing a few posts about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill reporting on the views of this catastrophe from the U.K.
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Daddy, Did you plug the hole yet?
As we all know, President Obama told the story that his daughter knocked on the bathroom door while he was shaving, and asked him, "Have you plugged the hole yet, Daddy?" As science teachers we are reminded that this question is the kind of question our youth asks...
BP Gulf Oil Spill Images
The latest word on effort to plug the BP offshore oil well using the "Top Kill" procedure is that the effort is continuing, but the company has not determined whether it is working, or that it won't work. According to a report in the New York Times, BP will continue...
The BP Oil Spill Compared to Previous Spills
As I write this post, BP has begun their "top kill" maneuver to stop the flow of oil by plugging the well with mud. This technique has not been used at such great depths, and we'll have to wait perhaps for a couple of days to find out the result of this approach to...
How Much Oil is Spilling into the Gulf?
There is enormous frustration setting in as the BP Gulf oil spill continues into its second month devastating vast areas of the American gulf coast. To this date, we do not know how much oil is spilling into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The original estimate...
The Importance of Geology in Science Teaching
Since January, we have experienced a number of geological events that have caused havoc and misery to many people around the Earth. On January 12, Haiti was rocked with a magnitude 7 earthquake causing the destruction of the many cities and towns including the...
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