Study links fetal and newborn dolphin deaths to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 09:01
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have finalized a four-year study of newborn and fetal dolphins found stranded on beaches in the northern Gulf of Mexico between 2010 and 2013. Their study, reported in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, identified substantial differences between fetal and newborn dolphins found stranded inside and outside the areas affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.