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I think will be hearing the echoes of this, ecologically, for the rest of my life. IAN MACDONALD, a professor of oceanography at Florida State University.
Tuesday, Aug. 03, 2010

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  • IAN MACDONALD,
  • a professor of oceanography at Florida State University, on the Gulf oil spill, which federal scientists have declared to be the world's largest accidental release of oil into an ocean; nearly 5 million bbl. of oil have gushed from the well since April 20
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