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Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen (AP)
September 7th, 2010 05:15 PM
In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES. AP - Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating"dead zones"where fish cannot survive.
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city (AP)
September 8th, 2010 06:35 AM
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key stands in front of a destroyed farm house as he tours earthquake effected Darfield near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Key inspected smashed buildings, cracked roads and spoke to residents near the earthquake epicenter. The weekend's powerful 7.1-magnitude quake smashed buildings and homes, wrecked roads and disrupted the central city, though nobody was killed and only two people were seriously injured, which authorities attributed to good building codes and the quake's early-morning timing. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) AP - A strong aftershock rocked terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage following nearly 300 temblors in five days.
Gunmen kill Iraqi TV journalist in Mosul (AP)
September 8th, 2010 06:34 AM
Iraqi security forces patrol the streets of Baghdad. A car bomb and several roadside blasts killed three people and wounded dozens in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, health and security officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi) AP - Gunmen on Wednesday killed an Iraqi TV journalist, the second to be slain in Iraq in as many days, highlighting the dangers media workers continue to face in the country seven years after the U.S.-led invasion.
Destruction of Giant Algae Doughnut Threatens Lake Michigan (LiveScience.com)
September 8th, 2010 06:34 AM
LiveScience.com - An invasive species of mussel called quagga has recently begun eating its way through the phytoplankton population of Lake Michigan, which could have dire effects on the lake's ecosystem, scientists now warn.
BP: Multiple companies, teams contributed to spill (AP)
September 8th, 2010 06:45 AM
FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La., the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning. Before the key piece of evidence has even been analyzed, oil giant BP PLC on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, planned to release the conclusions of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) AP - Oil giant BP PLC said in an internal report released Wednesday before a key piece of evidence has been analyzed that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months.
Several sides to blame for Gulf of Mexico spill: BP (AFP)
September 8th, 2010 07:09 AM
Vessels work at the site of the Deepwater Horizon accident off the shore of Louisiana in August 2010. Failures by several parties led to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, British energy group BP concluded in the results of an internal inquiry published on Wednesday, accepting some of the blame.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win McNamee) AFP - Failures by several parties led to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, British energy group BP concluded in the results of an internal inquiry published on Wednesday, accepting some of the blame.
2 Asteroids to Zoom Between Earth and the Moon's Orbit (SPACE.com)
September 8th, 2010 01:30 AM
SPACE.com - Twoasteroids will zip close by the Earth Wednesday and may be visible intelescopes as they zip between our planet and the orbit of the moon.


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