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BP is back, but the Gulf shows scars Whether its fair or not, the company to blame for last years epic oil disaster is recovering faster than the environment. The simple reason is that the world needs energy. ? 11 ? You recommend this67%You dont recommend this33% ? Shared 40 times ? Related topics: stocks, energy, oil, BP, Michael Brush A year ago, on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning what turned into the biggest oil spill disaster ever. The so-called Macondo blowout spewed 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf over three months, by some estimates, in a riveting saga that kept our eyes on the TV for much of the spring and summer. Given the enormous scale of this tragedy -- for which oil-and-gas giant BP (BP, news)was held principally responsible -- its no great surprise that signs of the environmental fallout from the disaster continue to crop up with troubling regularity. In recent weeks: What went wrong on the Deepwater rig? ? The Coast Guard investigated a massive oil sheen on the surface of the Gulf about 20 miles north of the site of the BP oil spill, though the cause is undetermined. ? Dead dolphins washed up from the Gulf of Mexico with oil on them from the failed BP well, part of an unusually large number of dolphins that have washed up dead since the spill. Scientists are studying whether the oil caused their deaths. Meanwhile, flyovers reveal that many Louisiana marshes remain saturated with oil, and remote beaches along the coastline and barrier islands are still polluted with the stuff. Michael Brush And while much of life above the surface of the Gulf has seemingly returned to normal, deep below, where oil settled around the disaster site, the seabed looks like a sea-creature graveyard, says one recent visitor. Its a very depressing sight, University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye recently said in an online interview, describing a visit a few months ago. There were no worms poking their hea