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Biologists find 'dead zones' around BP oil spill in Gulf | Environment | The Guardian
Scientists are confronting growing evidence that BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is creating oxygen-depleted "dead zones" where fish and other marine life cannot survive.
In two separate research voyages, independent scientists have detected what were described as "astonishingly high" levels of methane, or natural gas, bubbling from the well site, setting off a chain of reactions that suck the oxygen out of the water. In some cases, methane concentrations are 100,000 times normal levels.
Other scientists as well as sport fishermen are reporting unusual movements of fish, shrimp, crab and other marine life, including increased shark sightings closer to the Alabama coast.
Not suprising. The increased biological activity from the oil eating microbes could cause this as well. This is similar to the hypoxic zones caused by algae in the LI Sound, and that is due to high nitrogen in the water.
The difference is that these dead zones should be temporary, as the source of the food/methane has been stopped. The LI sound's problems are related to WWTP effluent, and pose a different task.
No!... It's the End of Life in the Gulf as we Know it and it's Big Fat Bald White Oil's Fault!...
And Boooooooooooooooooooooooshes Fault too!
peace...
So all the people down in the gulf should quit complaining and get back to life as normal? Easy as that?