Crude, Degrading
August 10, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides this chart of where all the spilled Deepwater Horizon oil has gone:
Bradford Plumer summarizes:
About one-quarter of the oil is still bobbing on the sea surface or washed ashore. Another quarter has been dispersed into microscopic droplets, either by artificial chemicals or natural processes. And another quarter has been “dissolved.” All told, just 25 percent has been physically removed from the Gulf ecosystem. The rest is still lurking… somewhere.
It’s good to know that much of the oil has evaporated or been dispersed. The trouble is, as Kate Sheppard notes, that there are still “about nine and a half Exxon Valdez spills” out there.
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