How is the oil spill affecting the natural ecosystems?
To answer this question, members of our UD community have provided the feedback below. Please also visit sites such as the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club and the National Audubon Society. In addition, you can learn more from these thorough news articles from the Chicago Tribune and the BBC News. The Gulf Coast is facing an environmental disaster that will likely overtake the Exxon Valdez as the single worst catastrophe to hit marine wildlife and coastal habitats. Some are already calling the crisis “our Chernobyl.” If the oil gets into the Gulf Stream and circulates around to the Atlantic Coast it definitely will be our Chernobyl. At the moment, dolphins, sea turtles, pelicans and other coastal birds are most at risk. On the human side, this is also going to have a huge economic impact on families that depend on such things as marine fisheries to sustain themselves. This tragedy is even worse when viewed as occurring at a time the region’s ecology and economy was just starti
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