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How Long Will the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Last?
May 14, 2010 by Scientific American Topic - Water
Filed under Infrastructure
More than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez foundered off the coast of Alaska, puddles of oil can still be found in Prince William Sound. Nearly 25 years after a storage tank ruptured, spilling oil into the mangrove swamps and coral reefs of Bahia Las Minas in Panama , oil slicks can still be found on the water. And more than 40 years after the barge Florida grounded off Cape Cod, dumping fuel oil, the muck beneath the marsh grasses still smells like a gas station. [More]
Exxon Valdez – Alaska – Prince William Sound – Oil spill – Gulf of Mexico
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