Tag: Gulf of Mexico

  • Nation & World

    ‘Adventuring with purpose’

    Harvard’s Liz Roux could look back on sorrow and tragedy, but she runs looking ahead, at adventures and opportunities and people to encourage her.

    6 minutes
    Roux in a tree
  • Nation & World

    Mercury pollution, still spreading

    With mercury contamination from coal burning and other industrial processes spreading in the environment, a new book edited by a Harvard Medical School staff member offers an overview, touching on chemistry, biology, and public health.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Gauging the effects of the BP spill

    Research into the effects of last year’s massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the flexibility of the community of microbes living in the ocean’s depths.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Microbes to the rescue

    Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Questions on an oil-dark sea

    The gigantic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the catastrophe on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig will change the way corporate officials think about future risks, Harvard officials say.

    7 minutes