Deepwater Horizon: Still Deadly Ten Years Later
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English - April 30, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 35.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsNatural Sciences Science News legislation pet zoo animal aquarium behavior conservation dog dolphin education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The National Marine Mammal Foundation has been studying chronic effects from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the largest oil spills in history. The NMMF's Director of Medicine, Dr. Forrest Gomez describes some of the findings from field research and wild population assessments on cetacean health and reproduction, particularly for bottlenose dolphins. The data shows dolphins are still experiencing toxic effects more than 10 years later with some populations not expected to recover for decades.
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