Reuters has an interesting article on what the oil spill means for this year’s hurricane season. The short version? Nobody’s sure.
On the one hand, nobody likes the idea of the a hurricane pushing the oil that’s currently at sea into the Gulf’s beaches (or further inland). On the other hand, some folks, including some researchers at NOAA, suggest that the slick itself might slow hurricane formation by interfering with the transfer of energy from the ocean to the air. Guess we’ll all wait and see.
Huge BP spill means a high-stakes hurricane season (via Reuters)