好像世界末日一样!
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这次去海湾工作出差,了解到BP只给了很少的钱去州立大学,大学再扣除超过48%的行政管理费用,真正到实验室、研究员的钱所剩无几。即便是帮BP讲话的书呆子也是拿不到几个钱的。这个世界太滑稽。
那些期望从大鳄鱼口中挖点残羹的人,真是要大失所望的,就连美国总统为渔民们讨点钱,也是要动用全国的媒体喉舌才挖出个几个billions来,这个escrow fund也是存在一个大家都不知道的地方,嗨,要动这些巨无霸,太笑话了。
Two stories cropping up in the news today about the BP oil spill focus on a two-inch thick layer of oil on the bottom of the Gulf and a massive fish kill at Venice.
Researcher Samantha Joye, a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, who has been studying the effects of the oil spill aboard the Research Vessel Oceanus says she has found layers of oil, at times two-inches thick resting on the sea floor. National Public Radio reports:
"I’ve collected literally hundreds of sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico, including around this area. And I’ve never seen anything like this,” she said in an interview via satellite phone from the boat.
“It’s very fluffy and porous. And there are little tar balls in there you can see that look like microscopic cauliflower heads,” she says.
It’s very clearly a fresh layer. Right below it she finds much more typical seafloor mud. And in that layer, she finds recently dead shrimp, worms and other invertebrates.
This information counters the federal government’s claims that most of the oil in the Gulf is gone. Joye suggests that the dispersant Corexit sunk the oil, which she is now finding. The oil will be “fingerprinted” this week to determine if it came from the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon.
Today, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser describes to WWLTV a huge fish kill at the mouth of a shipping channel in Venice. Again, the kill must be researched to see if it is connected to the spill.
But what is most disturbing about these two stories is their connection to a story posted yesterday on the Ind website, that funding for independent research, mostly done by state universities, has dried up, leaving scientists unable to continue to monitor the health of the Gulf. Without adequate study, we will never really know what is going on in the marine environment. Everything from seafood to recreation is at stake and it is imperative the scientific research go forward. What we don’t know won’t hurt us is not the answer to questions concerning the BP spill. - posted on 09/15/2010
It's been a rough summer in some of the waters around Plaquemines Parish in Lousiana - first, hit by the oil spill, and now, hit with fish kills .
"This is an extremely large fish kill, and there are many species in there," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser. "It's not just one group of fish-- it's redfish and trout and flounder. All species have been identified in this fish kill."
Plaquemines Parish officials spotted a massive fish kill on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of dead fish were floating west of the Mississippi River, in Bayou Chaland. It came several days after the discovery of starfish kill in nearby Barataria Bay. Then, on Monday, came the discovery of a dead baby whale near Venice.
Whether any of those incidents are related to the oil spill remains a big question. Some local officials believe more testing could provide an answer.
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"We're talking about long-term testing of the quality of the water, the fish, and the environment," Nungesser said. "And we don't see a collective group really wanting to know what's going on. And we need to demand that happens."
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries sent biologists to Friday's fish kill to try and determine what may have caused it.
They declined to do an on-camera interview, but sent a statement to Eyewitness News about their findings.
"It was the result of low levels of dissolved oxygen," said Wildlife and Fisheries spokesperson Olivia Watkins. "This particular body of water becomes isolated during periods of low tide.... low tide kept the fish trapped in the body of water without access to the Gulf, limiting the available dissolved oxygen and killing the fish."
Still, concerns abound, not just about oil, but also about what impact oil spill dispersants, like Corexit, may have had on the environment. Nearly 2 million gallons of it were sprayed over the Gulf and underwater at the site of the broken wellhead.
"Here we are, trying to get our fishing back, trying to get our seafood back and with these kind of fish kills, it will going to have a lasting effect, if we don't do something about it," Nungesser said.
In the meantime, the parish has asked the two federal agencies, the EPA and NOAA, to investigate the fish kills. As for the dead whale, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is currently storing it in a freezer. They are now in discussions with NOAA and the Audubon Institute about who will conduct the necropsy to determine the cause of death.
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