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Gulf’s Complexity and Resilience Seen in Studies of Oil Spill
The New York Times ^ | : April 11, 2011 | LESLIE KAUFMAN

Posted on 04/15/2011 5:37:03 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog

In the year since the wellhead beneath the Deepwater Horizon rig began spewing rust-colored crude into the northern Gulf of Mexico, scientists have been working frantically to figure out what environmental harm really came of the largest oil spill in American history.

What has emerged in studies so far is not a final tally of damage, but a new window on the complexities of the gulf, and the vulnerabilities and capacities of biological systems in the face of environmental insults.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: energy; gulfofmexico; offshore; oil; oilspill; recovery
A summary of the current science of the BP/Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

I want all you folks who are currently panicking over the Japanese nuclear reactors to think about this, because in two years, the same thing will be shown.

Radiation is just as natural as oil, and the longterm effects will be similar.

1 posted on 04/15/2011 5:37:07 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Wonder Warthog

“Radiation is just as natural as oil, and the longterm effects will be similar.”

Or... Godzilla might come out smash everything.


2 posted on 04/15/2011 5:42:32 AM PDT by MeSpikeLibs (Wake me when the Obama nightmare is over.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

LOL, the poor, poor liberal media. They SO wanted this to be the “catastrophe of the century” and something they could forever hang around the neck of “BIG OIL”. But alas, it’s not to be.

Whatever will the poor dears do now?


3 posted on 04/15/2011 5:46:09 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: MeSpikeLibs

Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki went back to being thriving Japanese cities after quite a lot of radiation being dumped on them in 1945.


4 posted on 04/15/2011 5:47:04 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: 101voodoo

The lobs will do what they always do...make stuff up, and then forever report the made up stuff as fact.


5 posted on 04/15/2011 6:07:50 AM PDT by jdsteel (I like the way the words "Palin for President" make progressives apoplectic.)
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To: jdsteel

Oops, libs, not lobs. Curse you auto spell!


6 posted on 04/15/2011 6:09:04 AM PDT by jdsteel (I like the way the words "Palin for President" make progressives apoplectic.)
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To: PapaBear3625

I know that, I visited Hiroshima when I was in the service... It was a Godzilla joke.


7 posted on 04/15/2011 6:18:04 AM PDT by MeSpikeLibs (Wake me when the Obama nightmare is over.)
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I kinda' like the term "Lobs".

Sounds like a good name for an obese Lib.


8 posted on 04/15/2011 6:38:34 AM PDT by capt. norm (Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)
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To: 101voodoo

“Whatever will the poor dears do now?”

Add more regulation so when it happens again it will be worse.


9 posted on 04/15/2011 6:56:51 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The MSM is the greatest threat to America.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/louisiana-oil-spill-day-o_n_625757.html

Do you believe in the power of prayer? I do. Give God the glory for his victory in healing the Gulf of Mexico.


10 posted on 04/15/2011 7:57:47 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: capt. norm

Aaack! My eyes! And I was just eating lunch!!! ; )


11 posted on 04/15/2011 10:31:32 AM PDT by jdsteel (I like the way the words "Palin for President" make progressives apoplectic.)
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