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In the early days of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, estimates varied wildly on the amount of oil gushing fr
stanley cup om the blown-out well.As spring turned to summer and the oil kept flowing, the government revised its calculations. And then revised them again each estimate higher than the last.First, it was 42,000 gallons a day. Then 210,000. Then 504,000 to 798,000. Finally, in early August, a team appointed by the government produced the highest estimate yet: 2.2 million to 2.6 million gallons leaking per day from the broken wellhead.But on Thursday in the journal Science, Timothy Crone, a marine geophysicist from Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, released another estimate. His study analyzed the oil from the time the rig exploded, until the well was finally crammed with mud and a mile of cement, sealing it for good.Crone ;
stanley cup s calculations show that about 2.4 million gallons of oil gushed into the gulf every day until the riser was cut on June 3, after which the rate swelled to 2.9 million gallons daily. And the total escaped oil: 4.4 million barrels, or 184.8 million gallons. These latest numbers are slightly higher than the daily estimates provided
stanley cup by the Flow Rate Technical Group, a government panel appointed to measure the spill. But Ira Leifer, a marine scientist at University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute and a member of the panel, says the distinction is meaningless.I think his numbers and our num Wrwo U.S. and China near deal that would suspend planned tariffs
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Only 14% of New Hampshire Democrats said they were very confident that the process for picking a presi
adidas og dential nominee would be fair, a sign of possible doubts lingering in voters minds ahead of the state Tuesday primary.The trouble in tabulating results after last week Iowa caucuses, an issue that has yet to be fully resolved, may have rattled the faith of s
salomon ome voters amid uncertainty about who is the Democratic front-runner.Close to half of New Hampshire Democrats were 8220 omewhat confident that the selection process was fair, while about 4 in 10 were not confident about the fairness of the primaries and caucuses, according to preliminary results from AP VoteCast.AP VoteCast is a wide-ranging survey of more than 3,000 Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.A muddled field of candidates came out of the nation first nomination contest in Iowa, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg running neck and neck in state delegate equivalents.The New Hampshire primary is an opportunity to provide some clarity regarding their status, as well as the viability of the campaigns of former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and
air max Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.Broader questions about fairness in U.S. society have been a central concern for the Democratic candidates.READ MORE:聽Newcome
