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Five years after the oil spill

Five years ago, on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil well drilling platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The ensuing Macondo well blowout resulted in the discharge of around 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. Here is a short article and video on "Where did the oil go?"

(http://www.uga.edu/about_uga/profile/five-years-after-oil-spill-uga-still-leads/)

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