On the Surface, Oil Spill in Gulf Is Vanishing Quickly | TheLedger.com

The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be dissolving far more rapidly than anyone expected, a piece of good news that raises tricky new questions about how fast the government should scale back its response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Scientists said the rapid dissipation of the surface oil was probably the result of a combination of factors. The gulf has an immense natural capacity to break down oil, which leaks into it at a steady rate from thousands of natural seeps.

Twitter / Kate Sheppard [Is she unhappy at the demise of her beloved oil slick?]

NYT news alert: "Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick Appears to Vanish Quickly." Like it was magic and not those 1.8 million gallons of dispersant.