WHOI scientists map and confirm origin of large, underwater hydrocarbon plume in Gulf

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 05:56 in Earth & Climate

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons that is at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill...

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