Sentences with phrase «gulf oil plumes»
Not exact matches
Contrary to expectations, a plume of oil formed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon blowout
https://www.scientificamerican.com/
New research suggests bacteria in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico may be eating oil plumes quickly
«The Gulf of Mexico is home to one of the largest concentrations of underwater hydrocarbon seeps, and it has been speculated that this helped in the selection of oil - degrading microbes that were observed in the underwater plumes,» he said.
The researchers witnessed an initial rapid growth of a microbe that had been previously observed to be the dominant bacterium in the early stages of the oil release but which had eluded subsequent attempts by others to recreate the conditions of the Gulf of Mexico oil plume.
As oil and gas gushed out of the ruptured well into the Gulf of Mexico, she reasoned, many of the hydrocarbons would spread underwater in deep plumes rather than all rise to the surface, as many expected.
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.
After the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded on April 20, 2010, a huge plume of pressurized oil and gas poured into the Gulf of Mexico.
Per this article at Mother Jones we have reports of NOAA trying to suppress scientists (ala BP read here) by trying to cover up the oil plumes they claim are still floating around the gulf......
In the St. Petersburg Times, Craig Pittman has this scathing report on how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration attempted to silence scientists who discovered the vast undersea plumes of dispersed oil in the Gulf:
The plumes are also direct evidence that the oil is mixing at every level of the ocean, from the fragile coral reefs at the bottom of the Gulf to the shallower spawning grounds of the bluefin tuna.