"Aquarium depicts a defiled gulf" by Associated Press | June 24, 2010
DES MOINES — A new exhibit at an aquarium in Iowa that had intended to showcase the beauty of the Gulf of Mexico will instead be void of life to underline the environmental impact of a massive oil spill in the ocean basin.
The 40,000-gallon aquarium at the National Mississippi River and Aquarium in Dubuque, about 1,000 miles from where the river dumps into the gulf, was supposed to have been teeming with sharks, rays, and other fish. Two smaller tanks were to show a seagrass bed and coral reef.
Yeah, but it is global warming that is killing the reefs.
“It may be the only time that people have ever seen a major aquarium that, instead of showing its fish, is showing an environmental disaster,’’ said Jerry Enzler, the museum’s executive director....
Anywhere from 67 million to 127 million gallons of oil have spilled since an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and blew out a well 5,000 feet underwater on April 20.
The Iowa exhibit, which is scheduled to open Saturday as part of the museum’s $40 million expansion project, will feature a video showing the oil spill unfolding....
--more--"Also see: The New Dead Zone
Obama's Asphalt Ocean
A Different View of the Gulf Oil Gusher
Containment Cap Comes Off Gulf Gusher
More: DEEPWATER ~ GASSED IN THE GULF
