Scientist Charles Messing in the Dry Tortugas

Scientist Charles Messing, of NOVA Southeastern University, collects sponge samples on Texas Rock in Dry Tortugas National Park. He is part of several teams of independent scientists joining Greenpeace to conduct a series of scientific research programs. This work will further understanding of the impacts of both oil and chemical dispersants on the Gulf ecosystem in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater oil spill.

Unique identifier: GP025N6

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/08/2010

Locations: Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © Todd Warshaw / Greenpeace

Latitude: 24°40'47"N

Longitude: 82°53'6"W

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A Greenpeace crew with several teams of independent scientists are on-board the Arctic Sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico for three months, to conduct a series of scientific research programs that will further understanding of the impacts of both oil and chemical dispersants on the Gulf ecosystem. A BP leased drilling platform exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and causing a leak of millions of barrels of oil from a wellhead one mile deep 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Finally capped in August, the leak was treated with a million gallons of Corexit, a toxic dispersant.

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