Oil From 2010 Spill Lingering in the Gulf
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 15:01
in Earth & Climate
In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers, including FSU Professor of Oceanography Jeff Chanton, lay out their findings that contaminants released during the spill combined with a bloom of phytoplankton to create what has been called a "dirty blizzard." That blizzard then sank to sea floor and essentially stayed put.