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The Unseen Threat: Small-Scale Oil Spills in Freshwater Ecosystems

The Unseen Threat: Small-Scale Oil Spills in Fr...

Ashton Routhier

When we hear about an oil spill, most of us probably picture rare oceanfront disaster scenes that draw extensive news coverage, like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. However, smaller...

The Unseen Threat: Small-Scale Oil Spills in Fr...

Ashton Routhier

When we hear about an oil spill, most of us probably picture rare oceanfront disaster scenes that draw extensive news coverage, like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. However, smaller...

Environmental Crisis in the Gulf: Fourteen Years of Oil Spill Impact

Environmental Crisis in the Gulf: Fourteen Year...

Ashton Routhier

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010, triggered the largest accidental oil spill in history, releasing nearly 100 million gallons of crude oil into the...

Environmental Crisis in the Gulf: Fourteen Year...

Ashton Routhier

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010, triggered the largest accidental oil spill in history, releasing nearly 100 million gallons of crude oil into the...

Sheen Incident Report: Offshore Huntington Beach, California

Sheen Incident Report: Offshore Huntington Beac...

Ashton Routhier

On the morning of March 8, 2024 the US Coast Guard (USCG) contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator for California to request assistance with a 2.5 mile by 1.5 mile...

Sheen Incident Report: Offshore Huntington Beac...

Ashton Routhier

On the morning of March 8, 2024 the US Coast Guard (USCG) contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator for California to request assistance with a 2.5 mile by 1.5 mile...

Authorities Respond to Diesel Fuel Spill Off Fort Bragg Coast

Authorities Respond to Diesel Fuel Spill Off Fo...

Ashton Routhier

On March 15, between midnight and 1:24 a.m., crew members aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Alder discovered that approximately 500 gallons of diesel fuel had been released into the...

Authorities Respond to Diesel Fuel Spill Off Fo...

Ashton Routhier

On March 15, between midnight and 1:24 a.m., crew members aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Alder discovered that approximately 500 gallons of diesel fuel had been released into the...

Fire Incident on M/V Cuyahoga at Port of Ashtabula, Ohio

Fire Incident on M/V Cuyahoga at Port of Ashtab...

Ashton Routhier

On March 15, the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator for the Great Lakes was notified by the US Coast Guard (USCG) of a fire aboard the M/V Cuyahoga, a 664-foot Canadian-flagged...

Fire Incident on M/V Cuyahoga at Port of Ashtab...

Ashton Routhier

On March 15, the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator for the Great Lakes was notified by the US Coast Guard (USCG) of a fire aboard the M/V Cuyahoga, a 664-foot Canadian-flagged...

Pollution Control Efforts at Point Reyes Fishing Vessel Incident

Pollution Control Efforts at Point Reyes Fishin...

Ashton Routhier

On March 28, the US Coast Guard (USCG) alerted the California Scientific Support Coordinator about a potential pollution incident involving the 39-foot wooden fishing vessel Westerly. The vessel had grounded...

Pollution Control Efforts at Point Reyes Fishin...

Ashton Routhier

On March 28, the US Coast Guard (USCG) alerted the California Scientific Support Coordinator about a potential pollution incident involving the 39-foot wooden fishing vessel Westerly. The vessel had grounded...