Rainbow-tinted slicks and globules of oil have been cropping up
in the Gulf of Mexico during the past 10 days or so, and it’s
not clear where it is all coming from. BP, whose Macondo well
spewed 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf last summer
after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, has denied that the oil is
coming from that well. But some scientists say it’s certainly
possible. A crack team of physicists, mining engineers and even
a hydrogen bomb expert is the latest brain trust to tackle the
Deepwater Horizon undersea oil disaster. Energy Secretary Steven
Chu hand-picked the five scientists, who each have experience in
solving complex problems, to figure out how to stop the oil
leak. He also wants them to come up with "plan B, C, D, E and
F," Bloomberg reports. Huge C-130 aircraft from the U.S. Air
Force Reserve have joined the fight against the Deepwater
Horizon oil slick, which now threatens to ravage the local
ecosystems and fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico. The
massive oil spill from a BP offsh