Gulf Oil Spill. A lot of oil on the loose, not so much to be found.
Gulf Oil Spill. A lot of oil on the loose, not so much to be found.
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海湾漏油事件。
DOI：
10.1126/science.329.5993.734
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发表时间：
2010
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
R. Kerr
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作者：
R. Kerr
现在，向墨西哥湾喷油85天的喷油器已经停止，科学家们想知道这些喷油器都去了哪里。上周发布的一份联邦报告本应开始回答这个问题。相反，政治炒作和媒体炒作甚至在这条信息发布之前就改变了它。据美国有线电视新闻网一名记者报道，由内政部和美国国家海洋和大气管理局牵头的跨部门报告称，在490万桶漏油中，有75%是由人类或大自然清理的。报告中没有任何内容支持这一解释。但有多种方法可以在阅读Report9s标志性饼图的同时保持脚踏实地。
Now that the gusher that spewed oil for 85 days into the Gulf of Mexico has stopped, scientists are wondering where it all went. A federal report released last week should have begun to answer that question. Instead, political spin and media hype transformed the scientists9 message even before it was released. According to one CNN reporter, the interagency report led by the Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that of the 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled, "75% has been cleaned up by Man or Mother Nature." Nothing in the report supports that interpretation. But there are multiple ways to read the report9s iconic pie chart while remaining grounded in fact.