US Confirms Underwater Oil Plume 353
oxide7 writes "An underwater three-dimensional map of the oil spill is closer to becoming a reality, now that the US has for the first time confirmed the discovery of a subsurface oil plume resulting from the ruptured BP well. The government agency in charge of ocean science has received the first of several expected reports from university investigators aboard research ships detailing specific locations where oil has been found below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The government, which denied reports of giant underwater oil plumes in mid-May, said researchers at the time had not confirmed the presence of conglomerated oil." The New York Times talked with scientists on a two-week mission in the Gulf and reported them "awed" at the size and density of the underwater plume.
Re:First plume (Score:1, Funny)
Spill Baby Spill! (Score:1, Funny)
:-P
Re:Meanwhile (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Disaster (Score:5, Funny)
Good job Obama is using the might of the most powerful and richest country on the planet to stop the spewing oil.
So he called in China to help?
Re:Disaster (Score:3, Funny)
Longer term is a the food chain being full of this shit, resulting in fish costs going through the roof for those not caught in the gulf.
I thought fish oil was supposed to be good for you?
Re:Disaster (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Underwater Oil Plume NOT Confirmed (Score:2, Funny)
And those sad pelican shots weren't covered in oil, but merely whale poop.
It's the pelicans who chose to take an unauthorized swim in BP's crude.