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In gulf oil spill's long reach, ecological damage could last decades
"This spill will be lasting for years if not decades"
06-06-2010
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Joel Achenbach, David Brown
This excerpt is from a Washington Post article.
Snorkeling along a coral reef near Veracruz, Mexico, in 2002, Texas biologist Wes Tunnell spotted what looked like a ledge of rock covered in sand, shells, algae and hermit crabs. He knew, from years of research at the reef, that it probably wasn't a rock at all. He stabbed it with his diving knife. His blade pulled up gunk.
"Sure enough, it was tar from the Ixtoc spill," Tunnell said.
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"This spill will be lasting for years if not decades," said Doug Inkley, senior scientist at the National Wildlife Federation.
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