In The Past Few Decades,

Places Change Over Time With Or Without Oil Spills, But Humans Are Responsible For The Deepwater Horizon Gusher - And Humans, As Well As The Corals, Fish And Other Creatures, Are Suffering The Consequences.

It's A Fact Of Life That There Will Be Oil Spills, As Long As Oil Is Moved From Place To Place, But We Must Have Provisions To Deal With Them, And A Capability That Is Commensurate With The Size Of The Oil Shipments.

It Has Taken These Many Hundreds Of Millions Of Years To Fine-tune The Earth To A Point Where It Is Suitable For The Likes Of Us.

There Is An Enormous Amount To Be Learned About The Sea; Like Most Wildernesses, It Has Great Potential.

My Parents Moved To Florida When I Was 12, And My Backyard Was The Gulf Of Mexico.