Just how big is the oil spill in the Gulf?

As the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues, impact of the oil spill continues to grow. An interesting graphic in the Green Bay-Press Gazette shows just how big the spill is now by superimposing the spill on the state of Wisconsin. (It would reach from Minneapolis to lower Michigan and from Green Bay almost all the way to Lake Superior.) UW-Green Bay Prof. John Katers of Natural and Applied Sciences offered some thoughts on the spill’s impact here. Click here to read the Press-Gazette article.