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...September, I arrived at my dorm and found "Calypso Reef" hanging on the wall of our common room. The unthinkable had happened: my roommate had bought a Hollusion...
...Calypso Reef" featured dolphins and a sunset. Every few days, someone would come into our room, stare into the picture for a minute or two, and proclaim that they had seen dolphins and that they were sooo cool. I hated that...
...then, one night last week, I decided to give the Calypso Reef one more shot. I don't know what I did differently, but suddenly, a whole oceanic scene appeared. Dolphins were jumping out of the water. Palm trees were silouhetted against a gorgeous sunset. It was beautiful. And admittedly, it was sooo cool...
Amber L. Keasey '94 just wanted to do a little thesis research during the summer. Examining and recording the mating habits of fish in the Great Barrier Reef seemed a safe enough project, but little did she know it would be hazardous to her health...
...mistake to underestimate the resilience of nature. Studies of other spills reveal remarkable recoveries -- even from shocks like the estimated 250 million to 350 million gal. of crude that was deliberately pumped into the Persian Gulf in 1991 by Saddam Hussein's army. Though the majestic coral reefs in the gulf still show the effects of their trauma, they are slowly rebuilding. Says Sylvia Earle, a former chief scientist of the U.S.'s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who visited the gulf last year: "The reef was like a weedy lot, not a healthy wilderness, but it was green...