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Ecosystems like marshes and wetlands help filter water and protect land from storm surges. Researchers have calculated the costs of damage from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico to these ecosystem services.
Much attention has been paid to the detrimental effects that the Gulf oil spill will have on the fishing industry. But David Yoskowitz says other monetary impacts are not as easy to calculate. Professor Yoskowitz is a researcher of Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. He tells host Jeff Young about the financial damages expected from the loss of ecosystems such as marshes and wetlands.