Deepwater Horizon Upsets Climate-Change Assumptions
8th January 2011
“What the Deepwater Horizon incident has taught us is that releases of methane with similar characteristics will not have the capacity to influence climate,” Kessler said.
The question of what happened to the more than four million barrels of crude oil spilled after the blow out, which also dissipated sooner than expected, remains under debate. Factors including high winds, natural breakdown, evaporation and the clean-up operation have all been suggested.