'Frothy Gunk' From Deepwater Horizon Spill Harming Coral 149
sciencehabit writes "The massive oil spill that inundated the Gulf of Mexico in the spring and summer of 2010 severely damaged deep-sea corals more than 11 kilometers from the well site, a sea-floor survey conducted within weeks of the spill reveals. At one site, which hadn't been visited before but had been right in the path of a submerged 100-meter-thick oil plume from the spill, researchers found a variety of corals — most of them belonging to a type of colonial coral commonly known as sea fans — on a 10-meter-by-12-meter outcrop of rock. Many of the corals were partially or completely covered with a brown, fluffy substance that one team member variously calls 'frothy gunk,' 'goop,' and 'snot.'"
Santorum (Score:5, Funny)
That's why Santorum supports more drilling.
Drill baby drill!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Frosty Post (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Santorum (Score:4, Funny)
That's why Santorum supports more drilling.
When Santorum hears "Drill, Baby, Drill!", the seafloor isn't the first thing that crosses his mind.
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