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11-07-2010, 02:15 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40029074/ns/us_news-environment/
Scientists returning from an expedition off the Gulf Coast said Friday they found dead and dying deepwater coral near the BP oil spill site that was covered in a brown substance.
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.."The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun" that the substance is tied to the BP spill, the chief researcher on the cruise, Penn State biologist Charles Fisher, said in a statement Friday.
"We have never seen anything like this," he added. "The visual data for recent and ongoing death are crystal clear and consistent over at least 30 colonies; the site is close to the Deepwater Horizon; the research site is at the right depth and direction to have been impacted by a deep-water plume, based on NOAA models and empirical data; and the impact was detected only a few months after the spill was contained."
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Scientists returning from an expedition off the Gulf Coast said Friday they found dead and dying deepwater coral near the BP oil spill site that was covered in a brown substance.
More U.S. news In India, Obama vows 'midcourse corrections'
Nearly halfway through his term, President Barack Obama on Sunday acknowledged he must make some "midcourse corrections" if he is going to win over a frustrated electorate and work with empowered Republicans. Full story
.NYT: GOP to attack health care law 'piece by piece'
With gift, Pa. college seeks to be university
Sept. 11 workers face health settlement deadline
Mass. town makes peace with Du Bois
.."The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun" that the substance is tied to the BP spill, the chief researcher on the cruise, Penn State biologist Charles Fisher, said in a statement Friday.
"We have never seen anything like this," he added. "The visual data for recent and ongoing death are crystal clear and consistent over at least 30 colonies; the site is close to the Deepwater Horizon; the research site is at the right depth and direction to have been impacted by a deep-water plume, based on NOAA models and empirical data; and the impact was detected only a few months after the spill was contained."
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