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Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination

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Richard Ziglar - KRVS - Lafayette, LA

Entry Date: March 01, 2011
Total Time: 00:04:36

Description: Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could have even more far-reaching consequences than the 2010 BP spill. The reason is the growing influence of global warming, explains Tulane University's Torbjörn Törnqvist.

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