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In-depth: The Gulf is still making marine life, and people, sick

In BP Spill, Commentary, Human Interest, Illnesses, Important Articles, Main, Ocean Life, Oil Spill Facts, Recovery, Research, Spill Damages, Wildlife

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Note: As promised, Part II of my in-depth report on the state of the Gulf. more than four years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe: When the full extent of the Deepwater Horizon spill became clear in the spring of 2010, experts predicted the impact on the Gulf’s diverse ecosystem would last at least for a generation, if not longer. Unfortunately, they were working off a known template: The...

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On Valentine’s Day, the Gulf’s tuna have broken hearts

In BP Spill, Main, Ocean Life, Research, Safety, Testing

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It’s not much of a Valentine’s Day for much of America, snowed in by yet another massive winter storm. But here in the Gulf, one of the few parts of the nation that’s snow-free, we’re dealing with a different kind of heartache these days: A flurry of scientific reports documenting the very real, and very traumatic, impacts from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and spill...

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