US Department of the Interior
Shared publicly -Coral communities and the Deepwater Horizon spill
"The Macondo oil spill released massive quantities of oil and gas from a depth of 1500 meters. Although a buoyant plume carried released hydrocarbons to the sea surface, as much as half stayed in the water column and much of that in the deep sea.
"After the hydrocarbons reached the surface, weathering processes, burning, and the use of a dispersant caused hydrocarbon-rich marine snow to sink into the deep sea. As a result, this spill had a greater potential to affect deep-sea communities than had any previous spill." -- USGS research published in the journal BioScience.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70126209
#oilspill #deepwaterhorizon #science #coral
"The Macondo oil spill released massive quantities of oil and gas from a depth of 1500 meters. Although a buoyant plume carried released hydrocarbons to the sea surface, as much as half stayed in the water column and much of that in the deep sea.
"After the hydrocarbons reached the surface, weathering processes, burning, and the use of a dispersant caused hydrocarbon-rich marine snow to sink into the deep sea. As a result, this spill had a greater potential to affect deep-sea communities than had any previous spill." -- USGS research published in the journal BioScience.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70126209
#oilspill #deepwaterhorizon #science #coral
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