There are potential problems for North Carolina created by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but it is difficult to say what the effects on the state’s coast might be, a panel of experts said Monday evening.
J.P. Walsh, geology professor at East Carolina University, led a panel discussion at the Tipsy Teapot on the oil spill. The discussion, attended by about 65 people, was part of Go-Science’s Science Café series.
Walsh said the oil spill most likely will affect North Carolina as the oil slick circles in the loop current and joins the Gulf Stream, which runs along the East Coast.
Walsh presented a model that shows oil from the spill dispersing into the Atlantic Ocean.
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