Lost Eden.(a marine biologist reflects on the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill) From: E | Date: May 1, 2000| Author: Okey, Thomas | COPYRIGHT 2000 Earth Action Network, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A Marine Ecologist's Search for Meaning In an Oil Spill

March of 1989 was the first time I laid my eyes on Prince, William Sound, Alaska. Our research team, including myself and three other marine ecologists, had arrived a few clays after the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, from where it spilled 11 million gallons of north slope crude oil, transforming a little-known, but spectacular, region of Alaskan coastal wilderness into a global symbol of ecolog...

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