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The hundreds of thousands of iPhone apps available today range from the expected to the bizarre. You can take advantage of the Ocarina application to "play" your iPhone like the ancient wind instrument, while tracking your gas mileage with the Gas Cubby app. It comes as no surprise that the Deepwater Horizon explosion has spurred related apps. Here's the best of the bunch.![iPhone Apps: Oil Spill in Gulf Coast]()
The Oil Spill in Gulf Coast app focuses on the species endangered by the spill. The app provides pictures, videos and facts about each species, along with their geographic location relative to the Deepwater Horizon rig. In addition, the app gives predictions on how increased oil in marine environments will affect the species that live and eat there. With this $1.99 app, you can identify the wildlife you see in the news and in person.![iPhone Apps: Natural Life Network]()
The Natural Life Network app functions as a personal organizer -- for your carbon footprint. For $4.99, view events, news and videos targeted towards environmental sustainability, as well as a diary-style record with categories for home, office and travel expenditures. This includes kWh of electricity and natural gas, as well as miles of car, SUV, and air travel. With this information, the app calculates the total carbon footprint (per person) in metric tons.![iPhone Apps: Duck ID]()
The Duck ID app can help users identify species put at risk by the oil spill, similar to the Natural Life Network app. Ducks Unlimited provided content for the app, which includes the common and Latin names, average weight and length, flight level, food habits, and a photo of 29 different duck types. While the $2.99 price may turn away some prospective buyers, a portion of all proceeds go to Ducks Unlimited to help promote conservation.![More Apps on the Horizon]()
The iPhone also offers web applications, a feature once limited to the business realm. Originally, web apps presented a solution for businesses that needed webmail and sales information but didn't want to install new software. Web apps run on Internet browsers, and with its wireless networks, the iPhone supports an unlimited number of browsers. To search for a web app, go to www.apple.com/webapps. For future use, just link the app to an icon on your home screen!![Web Apps: The Power Industry Insider]()
The Power Industry Insider is a web app that caters to members of the power industry and web-surfers alike. The application supports daily updates of international news from the politics of energy to advancements in biofuel, along with links to the original sources. Stay informed on the oil spill with links to news sources you may not have considered.![Web Apps: EcoTopical]()
EcoTopical allows you to discuss today's pressing environmental issues with other readers. Like the Power Industry Insider, EcoTopical provides links to individual sources that focus on green living and ecology. Add this application and share links that you find. This web app lets you be proactive in issues surrounding the oil spill.![Web Apps: Oil Leak Calculator]()
The Oil Leak Calculator web app is quite simple -- it approximates the gallons of oils that have spilled into the Gulf Coast since April 28, 2010, 8 days after the initial explosion. This projected value is based on expert estimations by NOAA, USGS, and BP, and it's already at nearly 37 billion. App users who find this unimaginable can see the digits changing before their eyes.![Web Apps: Gulf Oil Spill Status]()
The Gulf Oil Spill Status web app is similar to the Oil Leak Calculator in that it provides an estimate of the gallons of oil that have released since (or soon after) the April 2010 explosion. But Spill Status is superior in that it allows you to adjust the leak rate as total gallons leaked by the given calendar date changes accordingly. Like the Oil Leak Calculator, this web app provides estimates by the Department of Energy and what BP calls its "worst case" scenario.![Web Apps: EcoTopical]()
EcoTopical allows you to discuss today's pressing environmental issues with other readers. Like the Power Industry Insider, EcoTopical provides links to individual sources that focus on green living and ecology. Add this application and share links that you find. This web app lets you be proactive in issues surrounding the oil spill.![Web Apps: Oil Leak Calculator]()
The Oil Leak Calculator web app is quite simple -- it approximates the gallons of oils that have spilled into the Gulf Coast since April 28, 2010, 8 days after the initial explosion. This projected value is based on expert estimations by NOAA, USGS, and BP, and it's already at nearly 37 billion. App users who find this unimaginable can see the digits changing before their eyes.![Web Apps: Gulf Oil Spill Status]()
The Gulf Oil Spill Status web app is similar to the Oil Leak Calculator in that it provides an estimate of the gallons of oil that have released since (or soon after) the April 2010 explosion. But Spill Status is superior in that it allows you to adjust the leak rate as total gallons leaked by the given calendar date changes accordingly. Like the Oil Leak Calculator, this web app provides estimates by the Department of Energy and what BP calls its "worst case" scenario.BP Oil Spill? There's an iPhone App for That
Stay updated on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with iPhone apps that bring pictures, news, stats, and commentary, as well as information on cleanups and ways to help. With just a few bucks, you can help fix a $2 billion mistake. By Kat Meduski
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