A push from the Mississippi kept Deepwater Horizon oil slick off shore, research shows
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
When the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, 2010, residents feared that their Gulf of Mexico shores would be inundated with oil. And while many wetland habitats and wildlife were oiled during the three-month leak, the environmental damage to coastal Louisiana was less than many expected, in part because much of the crude never made it to the coast.