Out on the edge of Louisiana’s coast, a set of giant plant pots stand as reminders of the worst-ever oil spill of its kind. But you couldn’t tell just by looking at them.
The rows of containers sit under a wood frame and netting. Inside grows the same cordgrass that carpets the marshes stretching out within eyesight of this spot, in the tiny community of Cocodrie.
It’s all part of an elaborate experiment continuing to reveal some effects of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill…