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Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea May Need Decades to Recover From Oil Spill

Nicholas St. Fleur, Mongabay Waking Times The catastrophic explosion that spewed some five million barrels of oil deep into the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 will take a heavy toll in the ocean’s lowest layers for years to come. That’s the stark conclusion of seafloor research conducted six months after the Deepwater Horizon oil

Fisherman: Sea Life Small or Non-Existent in BP Oil-Wrecked Gulf

Lisa Garber Waking Times  Years since the initial catastrophe, the fishing community is still suffering from the effects of the BP oil spill. “It’s getting worse and worse every year,” says Dean Blanchard, owner of Dean Blanchard Seafood on Grand Isle. Fishermen’s Livelihood at Risk Though many fishing seasons have reopened since 2011, many seafood docks

Acts of God – A Revolution of the Heart

Sharon Brown, Sacred Fire Contributing Writer Waking Times We’re calling for a revolution. Like 200,000,000 other people in the world, I saw Avatar. Watching the film in 3-D was a magical immersion.  While the storyline often felt predictable, I had a visceral longing to be part of the alien world, Pandora.  The film offered a

Deep-Ocean Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion Revealed

However, when the ROV explored another area 11 kilometers to the south west of the spill site, the team was surprised to discover numerous coral communities covered in a brown flocculent material and showing signs of tissue damage.


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