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Scientist Finds Gulf Bottom Still Oily, Dead
Many months later Gulf of Mexico bottom shows little sign of recovery, but many dead critters
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON February 19, 2011 (AP)
Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.
That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.
At a science conference in Washington, marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia aired early results of her December submarine dives around the BP spill site. She went to places she had visited in the summer and expected the oil and residue from oil-munching microbes would be gone by then. It wasn't.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12956843
Many months later Gulf of Mexico bottom shows little sign of recovery, but many dead critters
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON February 19, 2011 (AP)
Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.
That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.
At a science conference in Washington, marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia aired early results of her December submarine dives around the BP spill site. She went to places she had visited in the summer and expected the oil and residue from oil-munching microbes would be gone by then. It wasn't.
More...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12956843