Oil Burn After Deepwater Hosrizon Spill (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Oil Burn After Deepwater Hosrizon Spill

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Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico, 6 May 2010. A new study found black carbon left from the burns joined a 'dirty blizzard' of contaminants that eventually settled on the seafloor.

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Photo: US Navy

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