Admiral: ‘Undersea efforts to direct the oil to the surface’ in effect; No answer to why underwater dispersants still in use

Allen: Reliable spill numbers hard to nail down, Associated Press, June 11, 2010:

The Obama administration's ... Read more >>

Underwater cloud of oil moving southeast, 142 miles from Deepwater Horizon blowout

MSNBC, June 8:

Clouds of oil have been found drifting underwater in the Gulf of Mexico ... Read more >>

Ocean current expert: Oil plumes “could wash ashore in six months or a year”

Excerpts:

Here's a troubling scenario: A year from now, a giant plume of oil below the ... Read more >>

It’s Clear… Finder of Undersea Plume: ‘Petroleum has extracted itself from the crude and is now incorporated into the waters with solvents’

Excerpts from BP oil spill: death and devastation and it's just the start, The Guardian:

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Research vessel: Clear water from invisible plume has ‘oil sheen’ and smells ‘strongly of petroleum’

By Samantha Joye, published May 31, 2010 at 12:38am:

The main plume extends from about 1100m ... Read more >>

Professor: Deep sea camera deployed tonight to study underwater plume

Professor Samantha Joye, University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences: We are [to begin] using underwater ... Read more >>

Florida to be devastated by oil plumes not “broken down by sunlight”

AP reports some tragic news for Florida, regarding the sub-sea currents in the Gulf:

Larry McKinney, ... Read more >>

Massive undersea oil plume heading “toward an underwater canyon whose currents would ferry it straight to Florida’s West Coast”

Scientists: Subsurface oil from Gulf gusher may be heading toward Florida coast, Palm Beach Post, ... Read more >>

Expert: “Major concern” that oil beneath surface to be drawn into storm

Tampa Tribune:

University of Miami professor Nick Shay had seen footage of the Gulf of Mexico ... Read more >>

Washington Post: 20 mile plume ‘east of leak’; ‘Has not reached Florida’

"In the discovery described Thursday, scientists aboard a University of South Florida research vessel found ... Read more >>

Scientist wonder if underwater plumes to surface

Warning! Latest informati0n on the discovery of undersea plumes:

Excerpts from the Miami Herald:

Nick Shay, a ... Read more >>

Seattle Times: Dangers lurk deep for all ocean creatures from oil

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The millions of gallons of oil moving about under water have the potential to spark ... Read more >>

Keys fishing crew reports tar-coated shrimp, gear

The Naples Daily News reported May 24, 2010, "About 12 miles north of Dry Tortugas, ... Read more >>