[VIDEO] Ask a Mac Expert – Gulf oil spill
[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/oilspill.jpg” caption=”Sunlight illuminated the lingering oil slick off the Mississippi Delta on May 24, 2010. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image the same day. Image courtesty NASA.gov.”]
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As crews work to stop the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, others work to stop the oil from coming ashore, fearing the worst should it begin to reach environmentally-sensitive coastal areas. According to Joanna Wilson, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, that scenario could have disastrous consequences.
“It's nesting season for a number of important birds in that region,” she said. “The oil completely coats the birds, they're not able to fly and when they clean their feathers they end up ingesting all that oil. That's going to result in a massive number of deaths.”
Wilson added that some species will be able to make a comeback should they be devastated by oil exposure, but that the process will be a long-term one.
Watch the interview below:
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