18-05-2010, 08:49 PM
Scientists Worry About Oil Reaching Fla. Keys
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fot3q3bGY...player_embedded
Yesterday Coast Guard personnel discovered two dozen tarballs on Key West shores. They’re in the process of testing them to see if they came from the Gulf of Mexico’s growing oil disaster.
If so, it could determine the oil has been in the gulf’s loop current for at least the last several days. Scientists have feared that once the oil gets into the loop current that it could gravely damage South Florida’s coral reefs and wildlife.
Over the last few weeks Scientists had warned that the oil would eventually move into the loop current but could not give a specific date as to when it would happen.
The tarballs were found at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park during the day. According to the Coast Guard the tarballs range in size from about 3 to 8 inches long and have been sent to lab to be tested.
http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=2510
“An over 7,000-square-mile wildlife "dead zone" located in the center of the Gulf of Mexico has grown from being a curiosity to a colossus over the past two decades, according to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and scientists are now concerned the recent oil spill and other emerging chemical threats could widen the zone even further.
The NWF describes the dead zone as being "the largest on record in the hemisphere in coastal waters and one of the biggest in the world."
During the summer months, it is nearly devoid of wildlife, save for the dead bodies of crabs, shrimp and other marine species that succumb to oxygen depletion in the polluted water.
Animal toxicology experts believe the Gulf dead zone is a man-made monstrosity.
"Outside of widespread impacts from oil release, the drainage of the Mississippi River into the Central Gulf has deposited massive amounts of agricultural chemicals and fertilizers from agricultural activities in the Central United States," Ron Kendall, director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, told Discovery News.
"Basically, this has created the large dead zone in the Central Gulf," added Kendall, who is chairman of Texas Tech's Department of Environmental Toxicology and was part of the assessment team for the Exxon Valdez.”
http://news.discovery.com/animals/gulf-dea...-oil-spill.html
As oil spill approaches, dead animals wash up in Mississippi
By The Associated Press
May 02, 2010, 3:55PM
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press...ississippi.html
(1:18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fot3q3bGY...player_embedded
Yesterday Coast Guard personnel discovered two dozen tarballs on Key West shores. They’re in the process of testing them to see if they came from the Gulf of Mexico’s growing oil disaster.
If so, it could determine the oil has been in the gulf’s loop current for at least the last several days. Scientists have feared that once the oil gets into the loop current that it could gravely damage South Florida’s coral reefs and wildlife.
Over the last few weeks Scientists had warned that the oil would eventually move into the loop current but could not give a specific date as to when it would happen.
The tarballs were found at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park during the day. According to the Coast Guard the tarballs range in size from about 3 to 8 inches long and have been sent to lab to be tested.
http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=2510
“An over 7,000-square-mile wildlife "dead zone" located in the center of the Gulf of Mexico has grown from being a curiosity to a colossus over the past two decades, according to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and scientists are now concerned the recent oil spill and other emerging chemical threats could widen the zone even further.
The NWF describes the dead zone as being "the largest on record in the hemisphere in coastal waters and one of the biggest in the world."
During the summer months, it is nearly devoid of wildlife, save for the dead bodies of crabs, shrimp and other marine species that succumb to oxygen depletion in the polluted water.
Animal toxicology experts believe the Gulf dead zone is a man-made monstrosity.
"Outside of widespread impacts from oil release, the drainage of the Mississippi River into the Central Gulf has deposited massive amounts of agricultural chemicals and fertilizers from agricultural activities in the Central United States," Ron Kendall, director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, told Discovery News.
"Basically, this has created the large dead zone in the Central Gulf," added Kendall, who is chairman of Texas Tech's Department of Environmental Toxicology and was part of the assessment team for the Exxon Valdez.”
http://news.discovery.com/animals/gulf-dea...-oil-spill.html
As oil spill approaches, dead animals wash up in Mississippi
By The Associated Press
May 02, 2010, 3:55PM
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press...ississippi.html
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