Which truth is the true one? by Barbora Misakova

What else than laughing can a man in such a situation actually do? While at the beginning of August there was a study pointing out that three quarters of crude oil has been eliminated, at the end of the same month another study saw it differently. When researchers from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggested that most of oil spill has evaporated or otherwise vanished, everyone was pleasantly surprised. Then experts from the University of Georgia said that 79 percent of the oil still remains in the water. Was that shocking? Not that much, I would say. But what if I tell you, there is still a third side – the experts that see it differently? These expe! rts say the huge gap in the reports is not impossible to reconcile. As Christophe Rousseau from the French-based Centre for Research and Testing on Accidental Water Pollution said: “You have to consider the margins of error in both studies.” According to Rousseau, scientists from both teams were working with estimates and that is the reason why results of their tests were not incorrect but just estimated and that is why so different. As Rousseau supposes, the two groups were not working with the same amounts of leaked oil. “In the case of British Petroleum, the light crude is very difficult to recover. The leak occurred off the coast and at great depths, so the percentage of oil that will remain in the ocean will be much higher.” said Rousseau. Even though the words of Christophe Rousseau sound trustworthily, people living on the shore still don’t know which truth is the true one.

related story (sgx18073): http://www.france24.com/en/20100825-scientists-bp-oil-spill-...

by Barbora Misakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with telecommunications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface coupled with free phone calls. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.