Can microbes clean up oil spills?
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection under CC-BY licence
The Deepwater Horizon blowout pumped thousands of cubic metres of oil into the Gulf Of Mexico. Could microbes offer a solution for coping with similar... Read more : Can microbes clean up oil spills?
Oil and water: How do you clean up?
Dreamstime
Sometimes, clearing up an oil spill actually makes things worse. Patricia Ash explains why. Read more : Oil and water: How do you clean up?
Oil and water: What's happened in the Gulf?
Dreamstime
The massive oil spill off the coast of the US is dominating headlines. Patricia Ash looks at what's going on in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more : Oil and water: What's happened in the Gulf?
Oil and water: Why do we value oil?
By JFabra via Flickr under Creative Commons licence
Patricia Ash explains why we take the risk of drilling in the first place. Read more : Oil and water: Why do we value oil?
Disasters don't have maps
OU
Joyce's response to the final lecture of the 2005 series of Reith lectures Read more : Disasters don't have maps
Nick Buckles on learning in a crisis
The Open University
The aftermath of the September 11th 2001 attacks taught Nick Buckles about crisis management the hard way, he tells Leslie Budd. Read more : Nick Buckles on learning in a crisis
Young v Old, CEO v Chairman: A tale of two citadels
Erwin Bolwidt (El Rabbit) under CC-BY-NC-SA licence
Do the battles of the generations reflect the power struggles between Chairs and CEOs? Read more : Young v Old, CEO v Chairman: A tale of two citadels
Be a coastal manager interactive
Open2 team
Have a go at managing your own piece of the coastline. Read more : Be a coastal manager interactive
The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
Production team
The 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge was a human tragedy - 46 people died - and an engineering mystery: why did a bridge built... Read more : The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
Camelford case study
Roger A Smith under CC-BY-SA licence
How did clear thought help during the water contamination disaster at Camelford? Read more : Camelford case study
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