Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Number of the Week: 757,000


That's the amount of oil (in litres) entering the Gulf of Mexico every day after an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. BP, the US government and environmentalists are rapidly running out of options as to how to control the spill and stop it at its source.
Scientific American has a detailed report here.

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