Deep-Diving Whales Mistake Plastic for Prey – PBS North Carolina
To Whales, Our Plastic Debris Sounds Like Dinner…
15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring? – Mongabay
The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico…Fifteen years later, the gulf ecosystem shows a complicated picture of both resilience and lingering damage, with some species, like brown pelicans, recovering, while others, like humans, dolphins and deep-sea corals, continue to struggle with long-term health impacts.
How whales help cool the Earth
…restoring whale populations to their pre-whaling numbers could be an important tool in tackling climate change…