Where Did All The Oil From The Deepwater Horizon Spill Go?

Damage assessments from environmental hazards are always a challenge because of the competing constituencies pulling on science and the fuzzy nature of science. After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration was editing science reports to reflect its goals, environmentalists were raising money claiming earth was ruined and using wild figures for damage, and BP lobbyists were mitigating penalties behind the scenes by claiming it wasn't so bad. What about possibly 2 million barrels of oil that are still down there? Are they a hazard? Where did they go? read more

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