Corales cubiertos por petroleo? en el golfo

Giant Coral Die-Off Found—Gulf Spill "Smoking Gun?"

Black substance found coating large colonies of dead coral.

A dying coral possibly covered with oil (pictured with brittle stars at its base) was found this week.

Photograph courtesy of the BOEMRE and NOAA OER Lophelia II expedition

Kathleen Jones aboard the Ronald H. Brown National Geographic New