The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which continues to gush thousands of barrels of oil into the ocean, could have significant economic and environmental impacts on North Carolina’s coast.
Joseph J. Luczkovich, associate professor of marine and fish ecology at East Carolina University, said it is possible that North Carolina’s beaches will be hit with oil in the coming weeks.
The loop current in the Gulf of Mexico could send a portion of the large oil slick to the Gulf Stream, which flows up the nation’s coast close to the state’s beaches.
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