Oil Slick Spares 4,700 Hectares Of Corals
September 10, 2006 @ 11:47 AM (EST)
Source: Inq7.net
More than 47,000 hectares of hard coral in the coastal areas of southern Guimaras were found to have been spared from destruction by the oil spill, according to a team of scientists from Silliman University.
Doctor Angel Alcala, director of the Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management (SUACKREM), revealed what could be the only piece of good news about the oil spill, in an interview with the Inquirer...
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