USA TODAY – Spill could hurt Gulf wildlife for decades
How is the Gulf oil spill affecting wildlife? Since the spill is a mile below the surface, scientists are struggling to assess the impact.
“Just because it is out of sight doesn’t mean there is no impact,” Dr. Doug Inkley, a senior scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, says in an interview. “The whole thing is like a slow moving train wreck.”
Inkley says the Exxon Valdez spill occured in 1989, but the herring population has still not recovered. “When the wrecking train comes to a stop that is only the end to the beginning,” he says. “The Gulf oil spill’s effects will go on for years, if not decades.”
Here are excerpts of Inkley’s interview with Green House’s Jessica Durando:
USA Today
5/24/10
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