How Big Is the Oil Spill? Lay it Over Your House
This is a useful tool for putting into perspective just how enormous a disaster BP's oil spill really is. According to the site, the data used to create the image -- which is refreshed once daily -- comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NOAA relies on a variety of sources, including satellite images and reports by trained observers who've flown above the spill in an ongoing effort to size it. That information is then entered into computer models by NOAA oceanographers, who add other details, including about wind-driven currents.
12 June 2010•1 min read
