Nine years ago tomorrow—April 20, 2010—crude oil began leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig into the Gulf of Mexico in what turned out to be the largest marine oil spill in history. A long-term study suggests the oil is still affecting the salt marshes of the Gulf Coast, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called Gulf of Mexico oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 miles (66 km) off the coast of Louisiana —and its subsequent sinking on April 22. Absorbed into the Ecosystem. An environmental chemist collects samples of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The resulting chemical “fingerprint” of the oil will help determine the origin of other samples. (J. Short, Oceana, and S. Senner, Ocean Conservancy) After the Deepwater Horizon spill, On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform operated by BP, was disconnecting from a recently discovered oil reservoir 50 miles south of Louisiana when a cascade of equipment malfunctions
The impact affected human life, wildlife, and the economy. to address the damage done to human life, wildlife, the environment, and the local economy. In its first month, BP spilled 30 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, three times the Exxon
22 Apr 2013 That BP lied about the amount of oil it discharged into the gulf is the gulf and mitigating the environmental, health, and economic impact of 29 Nov 2013 The BP oil spill released 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and caused a grave amount of damage to the Environmental Impact . 11 May 2010 After failing to contain the oil spill with a giant concrete and steel dome, BP announced on Monday that it will make a second attempt this week 17 May 2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also known as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Concerns have also been raised about the environmental impacts of 17 Aug 2010 But I wondered why no one mentioned the BP oil spill in the Gulf of to discuss the environmental impacts of the Ok Tedi mine was turned
14 Sep 2010 The scale of the BP oil spill can be hard to take in. near the leak and elsewhere in the Gulf" as well as "along hundreds of miles of coastline".
19 Apr 2012 Workers vacuum up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that impacted Two years later the Gulf Coast economy and environment are still
understanding the environmental impacts on the Gulf of As the Gulf of Mexico recovers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural resource managers face
17 May 2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also known as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Concerns have also been raised about the environmental impacts of 17 Aug 2010 But I wondered why no one mentioned the BP oil spill in the Gulf of to discuss the environmental impacts of the Ok Tedi mine was turned 19 Apr 2015 ABC News' Matt Gutman reports on the impact of the 2010 BP oil spill on the Gulf Coast. 19 Apr 2015 The 40-page report described the deleterious effects as “limited in space and time, mostly in the area very close to the wellhead.” BP's U.S. 12 Apr 2012 Scientists studying the environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are raising fresh concerns about the effect 21 Oct 2014 The Environmental and Human Effects of the Deepwater Horizon (BP) the explosion had spilled almost five million barrels of oil into the Gulf, The BP oil spill damaged the shorelines of four Gulf States: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Worse yet, it took three months to build the relief well to stop the flow. It immediately threatened more than 65,000 acres in four National Wildlife Refuges, home to endangered species. Approximately 40 percent of the coastal wetlands of
Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010: path of the oil Map depicting the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, caused by the explosion of an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana on April 20, 2010. Scientists noted that the prevailing paths of the Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current and a detached eddy located to the west kept much of the oil, which
21 Oct 2010 “Our concern is that the impact on threatened and endangered species is going to continue for a long time after the oil spill is in the news,” said 17 Jan 2017 Further off the coast, in deeper waters, the BP oil spill may have a less intense effect on the dead zone, thanks to impact of currents, but its impact