BBC News - Gulf spill's effects 'may not be seen for a decade':
In places the layer of oil and dead animals is 10cm thick
* Gulf 'to recover by end of 2012'
* 'Bad management' led to BP spill
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill 'devastated' life on and near the seafloor, a marine scientist has said.
Studies using a submersible found a layer, as much as 10cm thick in places, of dead animals and oil, said Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia.
Knocking these animals out of the food chain will, in time, affect species relevant to fisheries.
She disputed an assessment by BP's compensation fund that the Gulf of Mexico will recover by the end of 2012
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Monday, 21 February 2011
Monday, 14 February 2011
Study finds massive flux of gas, in addition to liquid oil, at BP well blowout in Gulf
Study finds massive flux of gas, in addition to liquid oil, at BP well blowout in Gulf:
"A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean.
The authors conclude that such a large gas discharge—which generated concentrations 75,000 times the norm—could result in small-scale zones of 'extensive and persistent depletion of oxygen' as microbial processes degrade the gaseous hydrocarbons.
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"A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean.
The authors conclude that such a large gas discharge—which generated concentrations 75,000 times the norm—could result in small-scale zones of 'extensive and persistent depletion of oxygen' as microbial processes degrade the gaseous hydrocarbons.
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BP Slick: WAKE UP AMERICA YOU ARE BEING LIED TO!
BP Slick: WAKE UP AMERICA YOU ARE BEING LIED TO!:
"I took a walk along the beach Feb. 09, 2011. I had seen the many ads placed on your TV and news outlets all over the world paid for by BP proclaiming“The oil is gone and our beaches are clean”. The one that really gets me is how safe the seafood can be when this is what our beaches look like.
I have visited the locations seen here many times during the BP crisis and seen it in various conditions. This last trip was as bad as it was in July during the height of the disaster at sea. The real disaster has just begun I am afraid.
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"I took a walk along the beach Feb. 09, 2011. I had seen the many ads placed on your TV and news outlets all over the world paid for by BP proclaiming“The oil is gone and our beaches are clean”. The one that really gets me is how safe the seafood can be when this is what our beaches look like.
I have visited the locations seen here many times during the BP crisis and seen it in various conditions. This last trip was as bad as it was in July during the height of the disaster at sea. The real disaster has just begun I am afraid.
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Monday, 7 February 2011
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