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Shrug, the environment was ultra-fucked as soon as that platform exploded. The question is whether it would have been destroyed even worse (and it was completel
by cryoshon 11y ago
Shrug, the environment was ultra-fucked as soon as that platform exploded. The question is whether it would have been destroyed even worse (and it was completely destroyed, and has not recovered to this day) without the use of dispersants. Given the level of ecosystem collapse we've seen (total), I think that's an open question.
- emodendroket 11y agoYes, that is the question the article endeavors to examine.
- kbutler 11y agoNot to minize the damage, but "completely destroyed" and "total" collapse are exaggerations. "The spill was certainly dramatic, but the long-term toll on wildlife has been mixed; some species in the Gulf are struggling while others are doing fine. Instead of a dramatic collapse of life, researchers are finding subtle effects — some that only emerged three or four years after the spill — that they are still trying to sort out, says coastal ecosystem scientist R. Eugene Turner of Louisiana State." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-years-deepwater-horizon-oil-spills-impact-lingers https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-years-deepwater-hor...