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21 de abr. de 2020 · Ten years ago, a powerful explosion destroyed an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. Over a span of 87 days, the Deepwater Horizon well released an estimated 168 million gallons of oil and 45 million gallons of natural gas into the ocean, making it the largest accidental marine spill in history.
Dispatches is a multimedia initiative featuring documentaries, short videos, and podcasts that examine science, innovation, community, and recovery in the Gulf of Mexico in the years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Major funding for Journey to Planet Earth was provided by the Gulf of Mexico ...
20 de abr. de 2020 · Gull coated in heavy oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images. Monday marks a decade since the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, which claimed 11 lives, spilled roughly 3 million barrels of oil over months, and created ecological damage that lingers today.
Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? As the 10th anniversary of the disaster approaches, an international team of scientists — which has spent nearly that long studying the environmental impact on humans, wildlife, and the ecosystem — assesses the current state of the Gulf, but lingering questions challenge their ability to predict long-term impacts.
Ten years ago today, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming 11 lives and unleashing the largest oil spill in the history of the United States. For close to three months, oil gushed from the failed well on the seabed, wreaking ecological and economic havoc across the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast states. In the 10 years since the tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon ...
20 de abr. de 2010 · April 20, 2010 – An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform started the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history. For 87 days after the explosion, the well blasted oil and natural gas continuously and uncontrollably into the northern Gulf of Mexico. July 15, 2010 – After several unsuccessful attempts to contain ...
13 de abr. de 2020 · Southeast. National. On April 20, the United States will commemorate ten years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The 2010 oil rig explosion killed 11 people, injured 17, and released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the largest U.S. marine oil spill ever.
