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This map shows the locations of oil spills and other incidents for which NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) provided scientific support for the response. It also shows the locations of other major spills, but it does not show the location of every significant oil spill.
19 kwi 2020 · The largest oil spill in U.S. history impacted coastal beaches and marshes, all the way to the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the fish and wildlife that call those habitats home. Download the full infographic (PDF, 1 page)
21 kwi 2022 · Displayed is the extent of oil spillage across the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon incident. Positioned 41 miles off Louisiana's southern coast, swaths of oil slude washed into the state's beaches and wetlands.
19 wrz 2010 · Oil Spill Remedies: Trial and Error in Deep Water. An interactive timeline of BP's efforts to stanch the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
SkyTruth created Oil Spill Tracker in 2010, with support from Surfrider Foundation and Ocean Conservency. It was created to fill the information vacuum that was created by the government and the BP-driven spill response process in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Trace the path of the oil in this interactive, based on scientific research from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Click on the blue navigation buttons at top to follow the oil through time and space. Click on the small orange plus-signs for pop-ups with more detailed information and pictures.
30 paź 2023 · The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, occurred on the 20 th of April 2010 because of a surge of natural gas that burst through a concrete core deep in the oil rig. When released by the weak concrete, the gas quickly rose to the surface of the rig, igniting and killing 11 workers on impact.
