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A Crude Awakening in the Gulf of Mexico | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

  • tar balls as big as manhole covers float at the surface. Oily sheens, some hundreds of yards across, glow dully on the water.
  • They are just beginning to study—and attempting to repair—a coast transformed by oil.
  • Jim Cowan and a dozen of his laboratory members gather to discuss their next move. In the agonizing days since the spill began, Cowan’s fisheries lab has become something of a command center, with Cowan guiding his students in documenting the damage.
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  • Much of his research has focused on fish and their habitats. But now he worries that the Gulf he’s known for all these years is gone. “These kids are young, and I don’t think they realize yet how it’s going to change their lives,” he says of the oil. “The notion of doing basic science, basic ecology, where we’re really trying to get at the drivers of the ecosystem...” He pauses and shakes his head. “It’s going to be a long time before we get oil out of the equation.”
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