MOST seabird populations hit by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska have
still to show signs of recovery over a decade after the disaster, say scientists
from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Their findings flatly contradict the claims of both Exxon, the oil company
responsible for the spill, and other researchers who say that all affected
species are well on the road to recovery, if not back to normal.
David Irons and colleagues in Anchorage surveyed seabird populations over
eight years in Prince William Sound, scene of the 1989 spill. Of 17 taxa whose
numbers were hit by…
