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A Crude Awakening in the Gulf of Mexico | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views
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tar balls as big as manhole covers float at the surface. Oily sheens, some hundreds of yards across, glow dully on the water.
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They are just beginning to study—and attempting to repair—a coast transformed by oil.
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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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