Daily we followed maps of where the slick was blown; and the revelations of underwater oil plumes, and the succession of new estimates projecting successively higher flow rates, made for compelling reading. (bbc.co.uk)
Their study, «Simulation of Deepwater Horizon oil plume reveals substrate specialization within a complex community of hydrocarbon - degraders,» was just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (sciencedaily.com)
Now marine scientists who recently returned from a research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico say they have preliminary evidence that a new technique using sonar may be able to track undersea oil plumes far faster and better, although they caution that it is too soon to say whether the technique will succeed. (sciencemag.org)