50 Years After Torrey Canyon Oil Spill, a Unique Record of Nature's Fightback
Along an ancient, storied English coastline 50 years ago, residents woke to an "evil-smelling" dark slick that smothered seabirds and coated the shore in thick tar from a wrecked U.S.-owned tanker.
A major clean-up was launched to tackle what was then the world's worst oil spill, and thousands of volunteers rushed to help.
Biology teacher Richard Pearce went one step further, taking measurements on his local beach to record the environmental impact. He has repeated the exercise three times a year ever since, documenting nature's remarkable comeback.
The result is a unique five-decade record of resilience against a man-made disaster that scarred England's rugged southwest and also changed the way authorities respond to hazardous spills.
Much more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/50-years-after-torrey-canyon-oil-spill-unique-record-nature-n737126
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...that nature can clean itself up after we stop polluting it with carbon, oil, soot. 
Nothing's changed in 50 years, in fact, it's getting worse. 
It just might wake a few people up. Everyone, no matter where they are, is affected by climate change and it's only getting worse. The more we hear about it in the news, the better.
