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Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused widespread marsh erosion, study shows
Description: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill six years ago caused widespread marsh erosion that may be permanent in some places, according to a new analysis of 270 miles of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts. At the hardest-hit of 103 Natural Resource Damage Assessment sites, where oil covered more than 90 percent of plants' stems, widespread die-off of grasses at the marsh edge occurred, followed by up to two years of accelerated erosion as dying plant roots lost their grip on marsh soil. [Source: Duke University]
URL: https://nicholas.duke.edu/about/news/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-caused-widespread-marsh-erosion-study-shows
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Source: Duke University
Publish Date: 9/27/2016
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