Pilot Town is a former commune-style settlement in Alabama that began around the 1830s. This community, described by many as utopian, consisted of generations of outer bar boat pilots and their families. For nearly a century this community occupied a small peninsula and cove nea…
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill, which occurred on April 20, 2010, remains the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, causing catastrophic impacts on the ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico coastal regions. The objective of this study was to investigate if there was any …
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest oil spill in U.S. history and to mitigate this oil spill, 2.1 million gallons of chemical dispersant were applied. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is gram-negative halophilic bacteria present in the estuarine and marine environment. …
Marine pollution resulting from oil spillage has received much attention mostly due to the damaging effects it has on fisheries and aquacultures. One component of oil that is widely studied due to its toxic and carcinogenic properties is the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The…
Oil wealth enriches Nigeria, but it has not improved the lives of the majority of the masses living in the oil-bearing areas of the Niger Delta. Niger Delta region has been exposed to environmental risks that have caused many to lose their means of livelihood, triggering high le…
In recent years the Strait of Malacca and coastal zones throughout Southeast Asia have come under increasing pressure from a wide variety of sources. As the diversity of stresses and risks in the Strait has grown, the vulnerability of ecosystems and related livelihoods has chang…
Nearly fifteen months after the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill of April 20, 2010, later characterized as one of the largest accidental oil spills in United States history, BP submitted findings showing that the Gulf economy reached pre-spill activity and declared that the loca…