The Gulf of BP Chronicles For 9/13/10: It Dissipated And Disappeared All The Way To The Bottom!

Look at one some folks found!

Scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico are finding a substantial layer of oily sediment stretching for dozens of miles in all directions. Their discovery suggests that a lot of oil from the Deepwater Horizon didn't simply evaporate or dissipate into the water — it has settled to the seafloor.

The Research Vessel Oceanus sailed on Aug. 21 on a mission to figure out what happened to the more than 4 million barrels of oil that gushed into the water. Onboard, Samantha Joye, a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, says she suddenly has a pretty good idea about where a lot of it ended up. It's showing up in samples of the seafloor, between the well site and the coast.

"I've collected literally hundreds of sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico, including around this area. And I've never seen anything like this," she said in an interview via satellite phone from the boat.

But don't tell that to BP. What's more on their minds is repeating that commercial with that black lady and making sure that no one else can sue them after giving out their low brow claims money.

And oh, telling the public the oil has evaporated to thin air is also a top priority from them!

(H/T to Jason Linkins and The Washington Independent.)