'Frothy Gunk' From Deepwater Horizon Spill Harming Coral

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

[Anonymous Coward]

That's why Santorum supports more drilling.

Drill baby drill!!!

[AngryDeuce]

What's the worst that could happen?

Frosty Post

[Bananatree3]

Frothy Gunky post... hey! it's relevant!

Re:Santorum

[Black Parrot]

That's why Santorum supports more drilling.

When Santorum hears "Drill, Baby, Drill!", the seafloor isn't the first thing that crosses his mind.

Re:Santorum

[semi-extrinsic]

I clicked this article just to see how far up the Santorum jokes were. Guess it was too obvious, huh?