Deepsea Coral are Slow to Recover

  It has been two years sense the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but the ocean is still recovering.  Marine biologists sent a deep sea submersible sevral 1000 feet below the surface to examine the damage caused by the oil spill.  They found that deep sea coral (such as Paramuricea) just 11 kilometers from where the spill happened had lost tissue, and were covered in a brown material.  Because the Paramurica grows at three centimeters a year it could take decades for it to recover.  Scientists say the full effect of the spill on deepsea life is still unknown.