Image credit: FamilyHomeSecurity.com British Petroleum has created a 22 mile long undersea oil plume, measured as “dispersed” beneath the ocean’s surface, stretching from the wellhead, to Mobile Alabama. Via the Chron : “The thick plume was detected just beneath the surface down to about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters), and is more than 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) wide, said David Hollander, associate professor of chemical oceanography at the school.” We now face the prospect of a tropica… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BP Goes For Extra Hurricane Point: 22 Mile Long Plume Moving Toward Alabama