The Gulf Oil Disaster: Videos From The Field
August 4, 2010: At the request of Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish, the Ocean Futures team spent the weekend diving in the Gulf of Mexico, searching for remnants of the oil spill. OFS Director of Photography Matt Ferraro talked with the AP about what they found.
July 27, 2010: The morning of July 27, officials in Jefferson Parish reported a new oil spill near Bayou Saint Denis, Louisiana. The Ocean Futures Society team was onsite within hours and reported a geyser of oil and gas spewing 100 feet into the air and raining down on the marsh.
July 24, 2010: Jean-Michel Cousteau reports from Buras, Louisiana about the threat of tropical storm Bonnie. As the Ocean Futures Society team is in the field covering the BP oil spill Jean-Michel provides his thoughts on the latest developments.
July 22, 2010: Jean-Michel Cousteau on PBS News Hour: Along Gulf Coast, Effects of Chemicals in Oil Dispersant Questioned.
July 14, 2010: Jean-Michel Cousteau recently checked in with PBS News Hour's "The Rundown" to update them on his team's explorations since returning to the Gulf Coast.
June 2, 2010: PBS News Hour's "The Rundown" caught up with Jean-Michel Cousteau to chat about what his team discovered on dives last week into the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
May 25, 2010: Ocean Futures Society's Director of Photography Matthew Ferraro speaks with ABC about his experience diving in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill.
May 24, 2010: Dive under water with the Ocean Futures Team as they become the first to dive in and document the oil covered waters off the coast of Louisiana.
May 24, 2010: CNN's Brooke Baldwin and Rick Sanchez speak with Jean-Michel Cousteau about the consequences of the Gulf Coast oil spill.
May 21, 2010: Jean-Michel Cousteau interviews Billy Nungesser, President of the Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, where oil is now entering nearby marshes. Matt Ferraro of the Ocean Futures Expedition Team explores the now oily marsh and finds plants and animals coated in oil.
May 15, 2010: As the OFS team continues to explore communities on the Gulf, they are finding that, in these early stages, little is known about the ultimate consequences of the oil spill, so fear is playing a role that may be unnecessarily harmful.
May 14, 2010: The Ocean Futures Expedition Team is in Louisiana to cover the Gulf oil spill. Here, Ocean Futures Society Team Member Gary Holland interviews commercial fishermen at a meeting with the local government. Many of these captains have been out on the water laying protective booms around the marsh areas and they are willing to help lay more booms.
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