Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under the Gulf – New York Times
Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given. — Full story, NY Times, here. Huffington Post story here.
Tags: BP, environmental disasters, Gulf of Mexico, oil disasters