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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏscientist talks about the health of the Gulf of Mexico 9 years after the BP oil disaster

he Research Vessel Weatherbird II docked at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Marine Science. By Seán Kinane (21 April 2016).

he Research Vessel Weatherbird II docked at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Marine Science. By Seán Kinane (21 April 2016).

Posted March 6, 2019 by & filed under , .

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – In April of 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon exploded and nearly 5 million barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico over several weeks; the Gulf ecosystem was damaged and researchers are trying to figure out how badly.

One of the main scientists looking at the health of the Gulf was our guest on WMNF 88.5 Wednesday. Steve Murawski is a professor at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg and is the lead author of a published in the journal Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science that looks at the make-up of marine organisms in the Gulf of Mexico from the U.S., Cuba and Mexico.

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