There is going to be a feeding frenzy for grant money to “study” this thing. Why is my wallet twitching?
Further comments at TOD...link to the subthread:
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Posted by dissent555 on September 22, 2010 - 4:13pm
Yet again I am astounded by the awesome skillz of our science journalism mega-swat team. The "oil on the seafloor" link is to an old graphic from back on 28 April that doesn't reference the condition of oil on the seafloor at all. The headline blares that oil "Coats [the] Gulf Seafloor", then the article tells that "in spots" the "oily snow" is up to 6 inches thick - clearly a different perception that one would get from the headline alone.
And no, Brett, Lakeview still wins as the "largest oil spill in U.S. history". Oh, you meant "offshore oil spill"? Sorry, that's not what you wrote.
Expect better from a place that calls itself LiveScience.
The data will be interesting, whenever it does come in. This kind of reportage just feeds the trolls.
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Sentence from near the end of the article:
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After a relief well was drilled to intercept the well, the gusher was finally sealed on Sept. 18 with a blast of cement to cap the busted pipe.