Scientist proposes method to quantify Gulf oil spill
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 17:20
in Earth & Climate
While the world has reacted with shock and anger to the massive amounts of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the Deepwater Horizon platform blowout, a UC Santa Barbara scientist has proposed that methane gas dissolved into the waters of the Gulf holds the key to calculating the magnitude of the spill.