oil spill

Cerulean empowers ocean pollution watchdogs with orbital observation

The vastness of the ocean allows polluters to evade detection in all but the most egregious violations. SkyTruth aims to change that with Cerulean, an orbital monitoring platform for coastal waters th

Is Gulf Seafood Safe To Eat? Feds' New Test Says Yes, Not Convincingly

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/nasa_oil-spill.jpg" class="shot2"></img> More than 9,000 square miles of U.S. federal <a href="http://www.gulfcouncil.org/">Gulf waters</a> ar

MIT's Solar-Powered Robot Prototype Ready To Swarm Upon Oil Spills

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/seaswarm.jpg"> <a href="http://www.mit.edu">MIT</a> researchers tested the first prototype of the Seaswarm, a pack of robots that use nanotec

There's an app to plug the BP oil spill

<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/plug-the-bp-oil-spill.jpg" />Plug the BP oil spill is a free app for your iPhone that lets you use your finger to plug the oil spill in

Oil Spill Still Too Slippery To Solve (But Here Are Some Videos)

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/waterworld.jpg"> So far, an estimated <a href="http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill/">82 million gallons</a> of oil have leaked into

YouTube's top suggested oil spill clean up methods

The Gulf of Mexico is a mess and it’s going to take a massive clean-up effort. One method alone isn’t going to cut it alone and YouTube is full of solutions. Soon the Gulf of Mexico might

Russian advice: Nuke the oil spill, that'll fix it!

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/tsar.jpg" />Stop the presses~! The Russians have come up with a pretty snazzy way to deal with that <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/20

ABC animates the oil spill for better understanding

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/oil.png">People, let's remember as we bicker over <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/ipad/">iPad nonsense</a> and <a href="http://www