Disaster in the Gulf – go below the surface of the Gulf Oil Spill

It appears that only a fraction of the millions of gallons of crude oil that have flooded into the Gulf of Mexico rises to the surface. A lot of the oil remains dissolved or dispersed in the Gulf’s waters, contaminating one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world.

Click on the graphic above to go to the interactive version where you can go below the surface of the Gulf oil disaster, hover on the blue bars to dive into the Gulf and hover over the ?s to learn more.

Illustrated and Designed by Jason Bishop for NRDC

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