http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/safe-water-based-drill-cuttings-affect-seafloor-animals/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/safe-water-based-drill-cuttings-affect-seafloor-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-13242 Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the deep Gulf of Mexico | Deep Sea News Sun, 23 May 2010 01:04:35 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=6470#comment-13242 [...] The impacts above will lead to the smothering of organisms, organic enrichment or reduction, exposure to toxins, etc.  From oil drilling, these effects are local occurring in the near vicinity (<6km) of the operations with the greatest toxicity within 1km of the platform. Near oil platforms or in areas of high oil platform density, the total amount of seafloor organisms is known to be drastically reduced.  The types of deep-sea species found near oil derricks also greatly differ from those found in natural and undisturbed habitats. Microbial and copepod communities exposed to crude oil or occurring with the vicinity of oil platforms also exhibit greatly reduced genetic diversity. Pollution throughout marine communities is associated with a loss of biodiversity both in terms of species richness and evenness. Although natural sedimentation occurs, the type, amount, and density of sedimentation occurring from drill cuttings are greatly different. As such, seafloor organisms will fair poorly. [...] [...] The impacts above will lead to the smothering of organisms, organic enrichment or reduction, exposure to toxins, etc.  From oil drilling, these effects are local occurring in the near vicinity (<6km) of the operations with the greatest toxicity within 1km of the platform. Near oil platforms or in areas of high oil platform density, the total amount of seafloor organisms is known to be drastically reduced.  The types of deep-sea species found near oil derricks also greatly differ from those found in natural and undisturbed habitats. Microbial and copepod communities exposed to crude oil or occurring with the vicinity of oil platforms also exhibit greatly reduced genetic diversity. Pollution throughout marine communities is associated with a loss of biodiversity both in terms of species richness and evenness. Although natural sedimentation occurs, the type, amount, and density of sedimentation occurring from drill cuttings are greatly different. As such, seafloor organisms will fair poorly. [...]

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/safe-water-based-drill-cuttings-affect-seafloor-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-11835 Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs | Deep Sea News Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:28:44 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=6470#comment-11835 [...] will ultimately warm, acidify, and pollute our oceans.  At local scales, drilling impacts will greatly threaten the life of the seafloor. And that oil won’t only being going into our big SUV’s to hold our fat American assess, [...] [...] will ultimately warm, acidify, and pollute our oceans.  At local scales, drilling impacts will greatly threaten the life of the seafloor. And that oil won’t only being going into our big SUV’s to hold our fat American assess, [...]

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