At least SIX ‘seeps’ found near Rigel methane deposits southwest of BP oil blow-out (PHOTOS)

Rigel is known to be a "highly successful" unproduced methane gas field.

The seeps were identified ... Read more >>

One undersea oil plume stretches 50 miles from well; Water nearing levels of acute toxicity

Deep sea plume in Gulf 'changes concept' of an oil spill, Palm Beach Post, July ... Read more >>

Scientists: Underwater oil plume stretches 24 miles from BP blowout, may be 400 meters thick; HEADING EAST

Samples taken 100 miles offshore Tampa for baseline tests

USF: Underwater oil came from BP ... Read more >>

Vast undersea oil linked to BP disaster; Plumes moving towards Florida via “express route”

Scientists Confirm Underwater Plumes Are From Spill, New York Times, July 23, 2010:

Florida researchers said ... Read more >>

Plumes preserved underwater “like a giant refrigerator”; It’s the “Beast that we’re going to have to deal with in the future”

Tech scientists hold nothing back in battling effects of Gulf spill, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas), July ... Read more >>

Methane plumes “flowing upslope” into shallower water; “Further up in the water column than we had seen” says scientist

Scientists from St. Petersburg find high methane readings near oil disaster site, St. Petersburg Times, ... Read more >>

Researchers “have spotted FLUORESCENT clouds in the deep Gulf, likely a byproduct of benzene in the water”

How fast will the Gulf bounce back from the BP oil spill?, Christian Science Monitor, ... Read more >>

Breaking: NOAA scientists say “Oil plume located off Florida’s southwest coast and heading toward the Tortugas” in the Florida Keys

UM/CIMAS and NOAA/AOML Scientists Locate Oil Plume, University of Miami News Release:

Using these sophisticated tools, ... Read more >>

Ocean Researcher: Sub-surface “Oilberg” plumes will “kill wetlands”; once “in the marshes we’ll never get it out”

Ocean researcher warns of 'oilberg' coming closer to us, St. Lucie Tribune Columnist, June 12, ... Read more >>

Video: Florida Senator spots 40 mile long plume of thick oil “that came to surface from the bottom of the Gulf”

Senator LeMieux:  Oil Leak's Most Serious Threat Is Rising To The Surface, ABC Channel 13 ... 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 >>

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

Excerpts:

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

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