Alarming new research suggests much of BP's spilled oil remains on the Gulf ocean floor
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Examiner] - October 28, 2014 -
Forty percent of the oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe was not consumed by bacteria and did not stay on the ocean’s surface due to the use of dispersants. The oil sank to the ocean floor and remains there today.
New research conducted by David L. Valentine with the University of California at Santa Barbara and colleagues proved that as much as forty percent of the oil still remains on the ocean floor.
This is the first study that confirms beyond reasonable doubt that a large portion of the oil spilled in the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still resident on the ocean floor. The fact that a marker for biodegradation was used as an indicator of the presence of oil shows that some kind of ocean life has been consuming the oil at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico...
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