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Lasting Impacts of Gulf Oil Spill
The marine environment in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering three years after nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil gushed from the blown out Macondo well. Scientists from the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem, C-IMAGE, are studying the effects on the tiny life forms at the base of the food chain.
Three years after the BP oil well disaster, scientists are struggling to understand the effects on the Gulf ecosystem. From Mind Open Media, David Levin (le-VINN) reports on the oil’s impact on the tiny creatures that form the base of the food chain.