‘Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.’– Kierkegaard
Although the current spill still limited to the US coasts of the Gulf, this accident is already unprecedented in history because its injury to such a large variety of ecosystems of uniquely rich biodiversity that is impossible to cleanup. As the oil asphyxiates mangrove trees, perturbs microbial communities and disrupts the ecological stability affecting animals and microbes throughout the food chain– It may be hundreds of year before these ecosystems recover, making it the worst and possibly the most far reaching of any previous oil disaster in the history of this planet.
{ Journal of Cosmology | The Gulf Oil Gusher Catastrophe: Toxic Chemicals, Undersea Oil Plumes, Currents of Death. | Tracking and Predicting the Gulf Oil Spill Plumes | Can We Learn From the Past? | Thanks Douglas }
artwork { Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851-1852 }
