Five Years and Counting: Gulf Wildlife in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

ENN
Apr 17, 2015, 10:37 am18 pts
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, sending oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, wildlife are still struggling. The Gulf, with its deep waters, sandy beaches, lush wetlands and coral reefs, is a vast system that supports more than 15,000 species of wildlife – fish, birds, marine mammals…

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