Macondo oil 'settled in seafloor ring'

PNAS study: Researchers analysed biomarker samples in areas around Macondo well (indicated by star)

Oil from the 2010 Macondo spill settled in a huge ring on the seafloor covering 3200-square kilometres, the latest study from researchers finds.

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