StackerKen
12th August 2010, 11:38 AM
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By CAIN BURDEAU and JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press Writers Cain Burdeau And Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 3 mins ago
BARATARIA BAY, La. – Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot startling images of dying pelicans coated in oil from the massive Gulf oil spill.
More than a dozen scientists interviewed by The Associated Press say the marsh here and across the Louisiana coast is healing itself, giving them hope delicate wetlands might weather the worst offshore spill in U.S. history better than they had feared. Some marshland could be lost, but the amount appears to be small compared with what the coast loses every year through human development.
On Tuesday, a cruise through the Barataria Bay marsh revealed thin shoots growing up out of the oiled mass of grass. Elsewhere, there were still gray, dead mangrove shrubs, likely killed by the oil, but even there new green growth was coming up.
more at the link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_healing_marsh
Ok Rant on about this being BS now :)
By CAIN BURDEAU and JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press Writers Cain Burdeau And Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 3 mins ago
BARATARIA BAY, La. – Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot startling images of dying pelicans coated in oil from the massive Gulf oil spill.
More than a dozen scientists interviewed by The Associated Press say the marsh here and across the Louisiana coast is healing itself, giving them hope delicate wetlands might weather the worst offshore spill in U.S. history better than they had feared. Some marshland could be lost, but the amount appears to be small compared with what the coast loses every year through human development.
On Tuesday, a cruise through the Barataria Bay marsh revealed thin shoots growing up out of the oiled mass of grass. Elsewhere, there were still gray, dead mangrove shrubs, likely killed by the oil, but even there new green growth was coming up.
more at the link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_healing_marsh
Ok Rant on about this being BS now :)