Ecological Society of America's Initiatives and Contributions During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

摘要

Forty-eight hours after the BP oil rig explosion and fire on 20 April 2010, ESA’s Public AffairsOffice got in touch with media contacts, offering them contact information for ESA’s Rapid ResponseTeam (RRT). Reporters from Newsweek and other media outlets sought ESA’s help in providingscientific perspectives on the unfolding oil spill. The willingness of RRT members to respond quicklyto media inquiries about unexpected disasters such as this one makes it possible for ESA to be avaluable and timely resource for reporters. Several weeks later, Public Affairs staff interviewedmembers of its RRT to put together a special question-and-answer blog post on questions about the oilspill: ?http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/qa-ecologists-assess-oil-spill-damage/ ?