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As the second phase of the civil trial over the Gulf oil disaster continues, we are hearing much discussion over exactly how many barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico.
Via Marian Locksley
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This increasing concern over the accounting/fate of the oil and dispersant is welcome, albeit a bit late in my opinion. My group and others have tried to emphasize the true impact of the blowout would be on ecosystem-level properties in the mid and deep waters.
See:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.17
and
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/tale-two-spills-novel-science-and-policy-implications-emerging-new-oil-spill-model
Here is hoping that we can foster a moer holistic review of the hydrocarbon fate and effects from the 2010 disaster.