On the ruination of our oceans by oil
Article here.
If you want the full and excruciating details, the full paper is here.
The chart should be enough:
To hammer home a point that should have needed a lot less hammering in the other thread:
Is there danger to local ecologies and coastlines from concentrated spills in certain areas? Yes.
Will the these local ecologies eventually recover? Yes. How long? Depends on many factors.
Are there economic dangers from the temporary shutdown of ocean-related industries? Yes.
Will this oil spill or any other permanently destroy the ocean's ecosystem? No.