Current Event #1

Sunday, May 16, 2010
Washington Post- Uncertainty in an unseen world
By Joel Achenbach

This article talks about the estimated long term effects of the oil spill on the ecosystem in the gulf. There is one species call an isopod or Bathynomus giganteus who scavenges at the bottor of the gulf for rotten flesh. Also the fan corals, lacylike dolies, and other species living at the floor of the gulf are being effected by the oil spill significantly. Scientist have still yet to find what they need to do to remove the oil from the ocean. The bottom of the sea is so unknown we know more about the moon that we do of the bottom of the gulf. Some scientists believe species in spill will adapt to the oil changing their ways of like for example changing photosynthesis to chemosynthesis. The complexity of the ocean is one things scientists are still figuring out but they are still trying to answer where has all the oil gone. Most people guess to the bottom but we are not certain. All the oil seems to have disappeared but they dont think thats the case.

I chose this article because of the discussion we had about the oil spill in the gulf of Friday. As i looked through the news paper I saw this one remembering we recently talked about it and I wanted to learn more. The article was very interest learning that scientist believe the species effected by the oil spill are going to adapt to the spill. I really did enjoy reading this article because of all the guesses people were making to what will happen to the species in the spill and where has all the oil gone.