Unhappy Birthday to Deepwater Horizon
One year ago today we woke up to one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. Eleven people and countless animals dead, five million barrels of crude released, and the potential long-term transformation of the ocean on a regional scale. Only time will reveal the full consequences of the event but the picture is beginning to emerge. Some useful sources on the anniversary:
- Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon disaster (Wikipedia)
- Deepwater horizon’s final hours ( NYT)
- Deepwater horizon one year later (The Economist)
- Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation official site (US Government)
- BP efforts to undermine research on the spill (Guardian)
- Long-term ecological and economic impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill (audio, BBC Business Week)
Encyclopedia of Earth’s OCEAN OIL collection of articles on the disaster:
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…and here’s a National Geographic article about some of the winners and mostly losers from the animal kingdom.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/pictures/110420-gulf-oil-spill-anniversary-animals-birds-science-nation/#/01-gulf-oil-spill-anniversary-affected-species-bottlenose-dolphin_34669_600x450.jpg
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