Lurking Below

Oil, That Is

Floating Oil near Orange Beach, AL 6/18/10 (Goodnough/Bloomberg)

A 22-mile-long invisible mist of oil is meandering far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will probably loiter for months or more, scientists reported in the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from BP’s oil gusher. Marine microbiologist John Paul says a look beyond appearances, like the research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, contradicts reports from the government that 75 percent of the oil had dispersed.

Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 8/20/10, Host: Monica Brady-Meyerov.

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