Why Did Huge Oil Plumes Form After the Gulf Spill?

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 11:01 in Earth & Climate

Scientists may have partially cracked a lingering mystery of the Gulf oil spill: why huge plumes of oil spread for miles underwater instead of rising to the surface as slicks.

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