Spill Science

New from Science:

The Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest offshore oil spill in history. Both the depth and magnitude of the event pose challenges to assessing the biological effects and the expected fate of the spilled oil. The first peer-reviewed studies of the spill -- published online, ahead-of-print in Science Express this month -- now offer some details about the scope of the subsurface oil plume and its impact on marine microbes.

Their digest of the oil spill situation is here: www.sciencemag.org//hottopics/oilspill/