Jun 03 Computer Model Shows Oil Likely to Spread to Atlantic The oil from the BP leak could reach far beyond the Gulf of Mexico, according to a new computer model released Thursday that shows currents could carry some of the slick up the Atlantic coast. The creators of the model,… Continue reading
Jun 03 Thursday: BP Cuts Pipe Before Capping Attempt; Flotilla Activists Return Home A contract worker scoops up oil that washed ashore Wednesday on a public beach in Dauphin Island, Alabama. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Updated 3:00 p.m. ET | The Interior Department says that it has not extended its moratorium… Continue reading
Jun 03 Mars500 Project Will Test Prospects for Human Travel to the Red Planet By Lauren Knapp On Thursday morning, six astronauts will be locked in a 550 cubic-meter windowless complex in Moscow. The mission: to simulate the experience of a real trip to Mars and back. The "voyage" will take 520 days, roughly 12 months longer… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch How Far Could the Gulf Oil Slick Spread? As BP attempts to place a containment dome over the leaking oil well, Judy Woodruff talks to two engineering experts about the latest effort to cap the Gulf oil well and concerns over the spread of the larger oil slick. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch BP’s ‘Cut and Cap’ Attempt Moves Forward BP made new progress on the Gulf oil spill Thursday as undersea robots managed to cut the main pipe on a damaged wellhead, which may allow engineers to cap the gusher. Judy Woodruff reports on what lies ahead for crews… Continue watching
Jun 02 Relief Wells Will Work, Experts Say, but Will Take Time, Trial and Error By Lea Winerman Graphic depiction of progress in drilling two relief wells, May 30, 2010. Credit: BP Most of the public's attention has focused this week on BP's latest attempt to contain the oil leak in the Gulf… Continue reading
Jun 02 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Use of Oil Dispersants in Gulf ‘A Mistake’ By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s4026qed4',482,304,""); The Rundown caught up with ocean explorer and occasional PBS host Jean-Michel Cousteau to chat about what his team discovered on dives last week into the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. Cousteau, founder of… Continue reading
Jun 02 Wednesday: Oil Spill Nearing Florida Coast; Japan’s Prime Minister Resigns In this May 31 photo from NASA, the oil slick is seen off the coast of Louisiana with a portion flowing south from the accident site. Photo by NASA via Getty Images. As BP presses ahead Wednesday with its… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch Louisiana’s Oyster Industry Crippled by Oil Spill As part of continuing coverage of the oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, Spencer Michels reports on how one Louisiana parish is coping with the oil spill and the growing threat to its oyster industry. Continue watching