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Off The Deep End – Oil From the BP Well Threatens Life on a Nearby Seamount

Posted on June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Off The Deep End – Oil From the BP Well Threatens Life on a Nearby Seamount
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“In 2002, ocean explorer Gale Mead was the first person to see and film the profusion of life 200 feet down on Salt Dome Seamount — just 16 miles from where the BP oil well is now gushing out of control. Mead (daughter of oceanographer Sylvia Earle) describes the corals and fish she saw and the devastation that the oil is likely causing in a place that no other human has ever been.”

via The Phoenix Sun

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One thought on “Off The Deep End – Oil From the BP Well Threatens Life on a Nearby Seamount”

  1. The Rocks and Minerals Guy says:
    July 9, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    Well finally they have a plan to cap this thing, but given their track-record so far, I’m not holding out a ton of hope for this. I was in Tampa when that tanker caught fire (I was driving over the Skyway right when it happened, saw the smoke) and the beaches are still washing up tar balls. I think it has effectively ruined the economy of southern LA, MI and AL towns. I have a ton of family there and they are really desperate.

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