Deep Water Corals Dead and Dying; Gulf Oil Spill to Blame (Video)
Photograph via BOEMRE and NOAA OER Lophelia II expedition While the news coverage has died down, the lingering impacts on wildlife of the Deep Horizon oil spill are still being uncovered. That includes what’s going on far under the surface of the water to deep sea corals. Researchers from Penn State have discovered that seven miles southwest of the disastrous wellhead is a huge bed of dead and damaged corals, and it is suspected that the damage is thanks to the spill. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Deep Water Corals Dead and Dying; Gulf Oil Spill to Blame (Video)
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