Post-spill gulf environment appears to have escaped catastrophe
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
Much of the BP oil spill's effect on the ecosystem won't be known for years, and peril remains, experts warn. Still, the Gulf of Mexico has recovered more quickly than many expected last summer.Hundreds of brown pelicans are doing what they always do on Cat Island in the spring: wheeling above the mangroves, nesting and jostling for space on this noisy rookery a few miles off the Louisiana coast.