NOAA Launches New Data Management Tool for Public Access to Deepwater Horizon...
Launching a device to take measurements in the water column during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. NOAA built the online tool DIVER to organize and provide access to these scientific data and...
View ArticleLatest NOAA Study Ties Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Spike in Gulf Dolphin...
A study published in the journal PLOS ONE found that an unusually high number of dead Gulf dolphins had what are normally rare lesions on their lungs and hormone-producing adrenal glands, which are...
View ArticleAgreement in Principle with BP to Settle Civil Claims for the Deepwater...
BP will pay more than $8.1 billion in natural resource damages resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This money will fund gulf restoration projects as designated by the federal and state...
View ArticleDeepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tied to Further Impacts in Shallower Water...
OCT. 26, 2015 — In the months and years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, damage and poor health were found in a swath of deep-sea coral reefs and related marine life at the bottom of the...
View ArticleExplore Oil Spill Data for Gulf of Mexico Marine Life With NOAA GIS Tools
NOVEMBER 24, 2015 -- In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the sheer amount of data scientists were gathering from the Gulf of Mexico was nearly overwhelming. Everything from water quality...
View ArticleGulf of Mexico Oil Spill Data: New Monitoring Updates
By Alexis Baldera The 2010 Deepwater oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico revealed a challenge with the way scientific monitoring information is shared and stored. At the time, the scientific records of...
View ArticleEffects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Sea Turtles and Marine Mammals
FEB. 1, 2017 — The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in significant environmental harm over a large area of the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent shorelines, and affected numerous species including...
View ArticleClosing Down Damage Assessment After Deepwater Horizon
April 5, 2017 — Federal and state agencies worked quickly to scale up the emergency response, clean up the spill, mount a large-scale effort to assess the injuries to wildlife and other natural...
View ArticleOil Spill Response and Assessment Guidelines for Sea Turtles
Short title: Oil Spill Response and Assessment Guidelines for Sea TurtlesDuring an oil spill, important decisions need to be made fast, so it's critical that experts are equipped with the tools they...
View ArticleA Decade Later: Advances in Oil Spill Science Since Deepwater Horizon
On April 20, 2020, NOAA will join our state and federal partners in observing 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill — an incident that resulted in the tragic loss of human life and an...
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