Discovering Abundant Corals at Shell's Arctic Drill Site

During the first research submarine dive in the Chukchi Sea, Greenpeace marine biologist John Hocevar discovered abundant Gersemia rubiformis corals, also known as sea raspberry, where Shell hopes to begin Arctic offshore drilling this summer. The discovery raises questions why the Arctic corals are not adequately addressed in the environmental impact statement for Shell's drilling program. Discovering abundant corals in the Arctic waters right where Shell plans to drill this summer shows just how little is known about this fragile and unique region. Learn more at http://savethearctic.org/

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[TheLightintheheart]

Thank you so much Greenpeace for your work in the Arctic.

[CO2Junkie]

So Shell investigators missed a few million coral. I'm sure it was an accident. (No it wasn't.)

[Axiomaticness]

Thank you shell for providing me with affordable heat, light, and power.

[Anna Fisher]

This video is awesome, thank you so much for sharing! Keep shining, Greenpeace, one day the world will awaken or it won't. Those are some icy dark waters and it takes a brave soul to wish to swim there! I shared this video as I'm sure many would care to enjoy such a lovely place too many desire to exploit for human consumption. The eldest among us is a whale, respect it most and its natural habitat, our precious ocean! One love

[greendodgy]

Better go to their website and apply there. :) Good luck!

[vegtoolz]

I never believed that greenpeace uses apple

[Chris Hansen]

I wouldn't be so sure unfortunately, the people giving the permits are more concerned with their own profits than the future of our earths resources. This is from the Chukchi Sea wiki page; in 2008, the U.S. government announced the successful bidders would pay US$2.6 billion for extraction rights. The auction has drawn some criticism from environmentalists

[Evil Doer]

i hope you are right. to drill there is insanity. 

[Myaucat]

there's no way shell can drill there... what the hell!! they'll never get a permit in such a ecologically sensetive area.

[sushanalone]

Oil giants buying politicians to avoid alternate energy=accelerated warming=lesser ice cap in the arctic= more drilling avenues for oil companies. The vicious cycle continues.