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Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Map locates large discovered oil plume

Major study charts long-lasting oil plume in Gulf

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Map locates large discovered oil plume

Major study charts long-lasting oil plume in Gulf

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Major study proves oil plume that’s not going away

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Groups warn oil spill may be worse than claimed

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Gulf surface cleaner, but questions lurk far below

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Gulf surface looks cleaner, but woes lurk below

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Graphic shows a breakdown of what happened to the oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion according to the National Incident Command

Looking for the oil? NOAA says it’s mostly gone

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Looking for the oil? NOAA says it’s mostly gone

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Graphic shows a breakdown of what happened to the oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion according to the National Incident Command

Looking for the oil? NOAA says it’s mostly gone

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 photo, Helix employee Daniel Loebel sits in the bridge of the the Helix Q4000, as it performs the static kill operation, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. BP claimed a key victory Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is gone — though what's left is still nearly five times the amount that poured from the Exxon Valdez. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone

By Greg Bluestein and Harry R. Weber - Associated Press

Warmest June on record, climate scientists say

By NATASHA T. METZLER - Associated Press

Six to nine hurricanes predicted for ‘08 season

NOAA’s dynamic design suggests work on climate

NOAA’s dynamic design suggests work on climate

Report: Overfishing is a serious problem

Report: Overfishing is a serious problem