Could a hurricane make a large oil spill worse?
Posted by Ocean Facts on 4 August, 2011
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Following oil spills, such as the BP Deepwater Horizon incident in 2010, concerns may exist about how oil residue in deeper water could be impacted if a hurricane passes over the affected area. Oil residues in deep-ocean sediments will not be disturbed by passing hurricanes and trace amounts of oil dissolved in the water column will become even more dispersed....