What happened to the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerNov 24, 2014, 1:58 pm74 pts
Images from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster endure, from the collapsing platform to oil-fouled coastline. But beneath the surface is a story photographers cannot as easily capture. Two days after the April 20, 2010 explosion that killed 11 and injured 16, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank. During the five…

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