Louisiana Pelicans in Peril: CBS New Video report

Scientists are racing against time to save endangered pelicans along the Gulf of Mexico coast who are now threatened by the massive BP oil spill. CBS News special correspondent Jeff Corwin reports from Venice, LA.

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New Layered Google Map of Gulf Oil Spill

A new layered Google map of the Gulf Oil Spill was released yesterday by the internet giant to help folks understand where the enormous oil slick is located. See it live here

Google's Crisis Response Team developed the map using a series of satellite images showing the current and past movement of the oil spill and an overlay map of closed fishing areas off the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.

The map shows the 3,300 square mile spill has touched land in a few locations but is mostly still out at sea.

You can also use the map in Google Earth by downloading KML files here.

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill/

Latest Gulf Oil Spill map predicts slick movement

The newest Gulf oil spill map from NOAA has been posted. The oil slick continues move toward Florida from the uncapped seafloor gusher at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 45 miles off the Louisiana coast.

Response efforts have been stymied by choppy gulf seas over the past couple of days, but spill officials are optimistic Tuesday as the weather forecast shows sun and an ease in the winds.

Satellite images show the oil covering about 2,000 square miles of Gulf of Mexico waters.

BP has been unable to shut off the well, but crews have reported some progress using a remotely controlled underwater vehicle to dump chemicals called dispersants onto the oil as it gushes from the blown well.

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U.S. Coast Guard Flickr Photostream with more maps and photos