Sentry Discovers Oil Plume in Gulf

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts sent out a robotic submarine in June and discovered a 22 mile plume of oil in the Gulf near BP's Macondo 252 well. The WHOI Sentry confirmed the spill recently and found that it had high levels of hydocarbons. While it was out, it collected about 57,000 chemical samples. That data will be used to study the effects from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Via Scientific American

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