https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-louisiana-shoreline-stability
created by marketrent on 06/03/2023 at 20:58 UTC
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Comment by onestopmedic at 07/03/2023 at 01:47 UTC
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Slap on the wrist! Minor penalty! Charitable donation to political critter. Move along, move along home.
Comment by TUGrad at 07/03/2023 at 02:11 UTC
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Yet Louisiana's current AG, who wants to be the next governor, believes that oil companies should never be responsible for damage caused by such spills
Comment by [deleted] at 07/03/2023 at 00:27 UTC
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But at least profits were maintained for stockholder value under capitalism, and that's the important thing.
Comment by anapunas at 07/03/2023 at 04:06 UTC
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This title is 10 years old. It was said this would happen 10 years ago.
Comment by NotYourBuddyGuy5 at 07/03/2023 at 01:29 UTC
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We’re Sorry….Sorry! Weee’re sorrry.
Comment by marketrent at 06/03/2023 at 21:25 UTC
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Findings in title quoted from the linked^1 and hyperlinked^2 content.
From the linked summary^1 by Joshua Rapp Learn:
Following an explosion in April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon rig pumped nearly 800 million liters of oil into the sea (SN: 2/12/20). The disaster killed dozens of humans and untold sea life.
And the oil and its by-products were catastrophic for the Gulf ecosystem, both underwater and along the shore (SN: 4/3/15).
But the oil also caused structural damage to the shoreline by killing the marsh plants crucial to holding soil in place, researchers report January 25 in Environmental Pollution.
That’s making the coast more vulnerable to tropical storms that may be increasing in intensity due to climate change.
The new study is unique in that it also shows the spill’s effect on the stability of the soil itself, says Scott Zengel, an environmental scientist with Research Planning Inc., a private research consultancy in Tallahassee, Fla., that often analyzes the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
“It substantiates the idea that there really was an erosion effect,” he says, adding that the length of the study complements previous research showing oil has played a role in changes to the marsh.
From the peer-reviewed research:^2
We investigated the long-term impacts at the marsh-water interface in coastal wetlands of south Louisiana after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill with a combination of fieldwork (2010–2018) and spatial analysis (1998–2021).
Data were collected on shoreline erosion rates, marsh platform elevation heights and cantilever overhang widths, and soil strength up to 1 m depth.
Comment by realbakingbish at 07/03/2023 at 01:28 UTC
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Yikes. The further out we get from this spill, the more problems we discover can be traced back to it. I mean, that makes complete sense, as it was an environmental disaster with wide-ranging ecological consequences that we find by continued study, but still. Feels like we’re going to keep finding problems related to the spill for another decade or more at this rate.
Comment by TSmotherfuckinA at 07/03/2023 at 12:29 UTC
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Anyone else remember the live feed of the oil just gushing out for months straight? That was pretty sad.
Comment by OverseerTycho at 07/03/2023 at 01:51 UTC
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and BP didn’t pay a single cent of the fines levied against them
Comment by lmflex at 07/03/2023 at 01:50 UTC
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It's all one big positive feedback loop now
Comment by SilasDG at 07/03/2023 at 04:51 UTC
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Guys it's not that big of a deal. In 50-100 years the rich people can all go live on mars using a Bezos or Musk rocket and that rest of us will remain to fight in our squalor as the air becomes unbreathable and kills 99% of us off. 500 years after they left they'll reinvest in earth to regentrify it. We might even get a Jamba Juice we can work at as they all vacation in the nicer areas where small plots of grass and trees still exist.
Comment by MisterBadger at 07/03/2023 at 08:33 UTC
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Meanwhile, anti-renewable energy groups pretend to care about the "impacts" of wind and solar on wildlife.
Comment by gojiro0 at 07/03/2023 at 04:09 UTC
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Didn't they say it was all good? Surely we must give them the benefit of the doubt, right? Big money is all about doing the right thing right? Oil hail the job creators!
Comment by BigOrbitalStrike at 07/03/2023 at 12:57 UTC
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No mention of BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) in the entire article. Cowards.
Comment by zorbathegrate at 07/03/2023 at 15:43 UTC
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Every day it seems we are presented with more reasons to get as far away from oil as possible.
Yet we are controlled so heavily by the oil and gas industry that I doubt things will ever change.
I hope I’m wrong.
Comment by CrackHead52 at 07/03/2023 at 17:43 UTC
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Deepwater Horizon was just part of it. The invasive species Coypu did tremendous damage. As did digging canals in inappropriate locations. As did levees that funnel topsoil into the Gulf. No barrier islands, no protection.
Comment by Nobody275 at 07/03/2023 at 18:17 UTC
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And who will pay for it? The taxpayer for generations. Corporations need to be held accountable, and “regulation” exists to protect the common good.
We need to stop using “regulation” like it’s a four letter word, and look very skeptically at politicians claiming that “slashing regulations” is a good thing. Regulations are hard-won victories to prevent tragedies recurring.
Comment by dogsdomesticatedus at 07/03/2023 at 02:50 UTC
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The ciiiiiircle of liiiii-eeeiiiife!
Comment by dotnetdotcom at 07/03/2023 at 08:50 UTC
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"storms that may or may not intensify due to climate change"
This is the IPCC's opinion.
Comment by Firm_Masterpiece_343 at 07/03/2023 at 12:12 UTC
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You know what industry is immune to climate change?
Comment by WendigoWeiner at 07/03/2023 at 16:58 UTC
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Wow, that's going to be expensive for BP... if corporations were actually held liable.
Comment by dieselmiata at 07/03/2023 at 17:23 UTC
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Yeah, but they said they're sorry.
Comment by tychogotdatgasmask at 07/03/2023 at 02:51 UTC
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Katrina fucked up the coast good too. People won't be living there for more than another 50 yrs id gander
Comment by Kitisoff at 07/03/2023 at 17:06 UTC
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Meanwhile United States storms havnt intensified in 170 years but may as well take this opportunity to push some fear out there
At least they used the word may.