• USGS finds 2,000-year-old coral near BP Gulf well


    NEW ORLEANS – Federal scientists say they have dated coral living near the site of the busted BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico at 2,000 years old.
    The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday it had determined the age of the black coral in the Gulf for the first time. Scientists had been studying the ancient slow-growing corals before BP's well blew out on April 20, 2010. The corals were found about 21 miles northeast of the BP well living 1,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf.
    "They're extremely old and extremely slow-growing," said Nancy Prouty, a USGS scientist. "And there are big questions about their vulnerability and their ability for recovery."

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      Jaxom -
      Wow, for a minute I thought the tube worm just aft of the fish's tail looked an awful lot like the tube worm that went missing in my nano tank, but now, after looking a little closer I'm not so sure, it could be one of the others. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh heavens to mergatory (spelling), I'm so confused .