PeterMP Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Add most likely dolphins and almost definitively deep sea corals to the list too: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/339476/title/The_farther_the_better_for_corals_after_oil_spill_ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120326133633.htm (since the thread was bumped anyway I figured I'd add them in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Peter, do you have any idea how long they say it will take sediment to cover the oil, and will that make much of a difference on a shorter time scale? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 That's interesting China....So is the US govt covering up these mass problems? interesting we only see it from Al Jazeera,but a panel to investigate the panels responsible is in order. We are all going to die since the administration was clearly bought off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Peter, do you have any idea how long they say it will take sediment to cover the oil, and will that make much of a difference on a shorter time scale? Just curious. It is going to depend on the density of the stuff that is remaining. What we see in marshes in places like the Persian Gulf is that the oil becomes buried by relatively small levels of sediments but exist not to far below the surface (near enough that it affects things) for over a decade. Essentially, short term sediments can bury it, but longer term the oil is less dense so is going to come to the surface. For the Gulf marshes fouled by the oil, I'd certainly expect the same sort of thing. For the Gulf bottom, my expectation based on the components of oil and how people describe it (as slime) is that it is more dense than water so isn't going to come up on its own, but less dense than sediments so we will see something similar happen. Given the lack of oxygen at that depth I don't expect the remnants to be metabolized too quickly. I expect for at least that region of the Gulf the bottom has been altered for an extended period of time at least. ---------- Post added April-19th-2012 at 03:43 PM ---------- Looks like other sources are running the story: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-04-19/bp-oil-spill-sick-fish-discovered/54415076/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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