Article #1

I read the article "Oil spill imperils an unseen world at the bottom of the gulf" by Joel Achenbach in the Washington Post.

The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is leaking tons of oil into the ocean, and not just affecting the birds that get covered in oil. The deep sea life is being affected a lot because of the chemicals used to disperse the oil disperses it into the deep sea. There are coral reefs and crabs and sharks and other freaky creatures that look like nothing we sea above the ocean. The article said that the natural processes of the deep sea life will eventually clean up the Gulf, because the life that deep is used to harsh conditions. Some bacteria even eat oil. I think that this catastrophe should teach companies to be more careful with products that can damage the environment.