The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico created large amounts of sea snot . Scientists are not sure how exactly the spill caused so much sea snot to form , but one theory asserts that the sea snot could have been the result of a massive kill of microscopic marine life creating a " blizzard " of marine snow . Scientists worry that the mass of sea snot could pose a biohazard to surviving marine life in the area . It is widely believed that the Sea Snot left by the spill directly resulted in the loss of sealife in the Gulf of Mexico based upon a dead field of deepwater coral 11 kilometers away from the Deepwater Horizion station
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Sea snot