Oil spill science: Shallower plume found at Deepwater Horizon site - September 12, 2010
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posted by tinys_alabama on September 13, 2010 - 2:17pm
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Earlier in the week, the Cape Hatteras collected samples to the west of the main plume, which runs southwest from the well site at about 1,200 meters. A number of research cruises have been collecting data on this plume, which the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is aggregating onto one grid. But on Thursday last week, the R/V Oceanus, conducting research under the same National Science Foundation (NSF) grant as the Hatteras, reported lower beam transmission, a data signal indicative of increased methane levels and the presence of hydrocarbons, between 200 and 300 meters. The Hatteras steamed more than 10 hours back to where these readings were taken, in the vicinity of the well site, to investigate further. "While I would like to have found the western edge of the main plume we've all been mapping," chief scientist Tracy Villareal said, "this new development was way too exciting not to pursue.”
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/09/oil_spill_science_sh...
Yet another totally useless comment from the so-called scientists on the vessels. Not a quantitative figure found in the entire piece. I’m sorry, but “...100 times background...” is NOT a unit of measurement. WHAT WAS THE MEASURED CONCENTRATION!!!!!