A year after BP oil spill, fate of gulf ecosystem remains murky

[cory777]

Source: Washington Post

The 86-day Deepwater Horizon gusher sent nearly 200 million gallons of oil, tens of millions of gallons of natural gas and 1.8 million gallons of poorly studied chemical dispersants into the northern Gulf of Mexico

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“There’s still an awful lot of oil unaccounted for in the environment,” said Ian R. McDonald, an oceanographer at Florida State University who has worked extensively in the gulf.

A massive environmental-crime investigation spearheaded by federal and gulf state officials is underway to tally the harm and has logged tens of thousands of samples from the gulf’s waters, seafloor, marshlands, beaches and wildlife.

At the same time, a handful of independent scientists report that many things aren’t quite right in the gulf. More than 100 square miles of delicate marshland looks sick, they say. The immune systems of certain fishes appear compromised, seaweed and algae production has slowed in places, and a new layer of muck coats the sea bottom near the wellhead. At least a few formerly vibrant deep-sea communities of corals, sea stars and worms now lie dead. Also dead: untold numbers of fish and crustaceans, thousands of birds, and hundreds of sea turtles and dolphins.

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[Rex]

1. Someone will have to pay for this crime...sadly it is all the innocent

people that live on the coast that will pay.

[Lorien]

2. BP is running ads nonstop here in Florida assuring everyone that "they came through

and kept their word". The ads say that the beaches are "better than ever" and that BP has removed ALL of the spilled oil. The ads also assure us that seafood is safe and all Gulf restaurants are "back in business". At the end of the ad a fat white male hillbilly type tourist chirps "an jus' in time for Spring Break! Y'all come down now, ya hear?" It's disgusting that any network would even run such blatant LIES.

[onethatcares]

3. read the Sunday Apr 17, 2011 St. Pete Times

as they outline what is happening in the red snapper fishery.

Seems there are lesions, missing fins, soft spots and holes right through the fish. BP will say it isn't their fault of course, just a natural phenomenom.