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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’s Effects on Deep-Water Corals

By Guest PostMarch 27, 2012Environmentalvin, charles fisher, christopher german, corals, deep sea, deep water coral, deepwater horizon, ecosystem, erik cordes, gas chromatography, gulf of mexico, haverford college, helen white, jason, macondo spill, national science foundation, ocean, oil, oil spill, pen yuan hsing, penn state university, Pennsylvania, petroleum analysis, petroleum hydrocarbon, psu, rapid grant, rodey batiza, rov, submarine, temple university, timothy shank, two dimensional, U.S. Geological Survey, whoi

*Damaged deep-sea corals discovered months after Deepwater Horizon spill*

Scientists are reporting new evidence that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has affected marine life in the Gulf of Mexico, this time species that live in dark ocean depths–deepwater corals.

The research used a range of underwater vehicles, including the submarine Alvin, to investigate the corals. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). (more…)

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’s Effects on Deep-Water Corals

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