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20 kwi 2020 · The Gulf of Mexico coastline and deep ocean were contaminated with oil, gas and dispersants to differing degrees. In many cases, coastal ecosystems recovered as predicted based on previous oil ...
20 kwi 2020 · 10 Years After Gulf Oil Spill, Environmental Effects Linger. April 20 marks 10 years since the BP oil spill began off the Louisiana coast when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. Over the next six months, more than 200 million gallons of crude spilled into the Gulf.
29 lis 2022 · More than a decade after BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded into a lethal inferno that killed 11 and spilled more than 3 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers...
As of July 2011, about 491 mi (790 km) of coastline in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were contaminated by oil and a total of 1,074 mi (1,728 km) had been oiled since the spill began. [58] As of December 2012, 339 mi (546 km) of coastline remain subject to evaluation and/or cleanup operations. [59]
13 kwi 2020 · While the Deepwater Horizon spill was catastrophic, its footprint remained limited to the Gulf due to an anomaly in the offshore “loop current” that prevented oil-tainted Gulf waters from moving up the U.S. east coast.
20 kwi 2020 · Over the next three months, the uncapped well leaked more than 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools of oil into the Gulf’s waters, making it the biggest oil spill in United States history.
14 cze 2021 · Over the course of a decade, scientists looked into a strange phenomenon found in Gulf waters near the BP oil rig after the spill, and 12 expeditions were also mounted to collect environmental data.
