Aquatic life may be directly affected when oil leaks or spills occur. For example, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 (which is considered to be the largest oil spill in petroleum industry history) affected over 8,000 marine species including fish, b ...
During the 2007 match, American golfer Woody Austin tried to hit his golf ball as it rested in water. Not only did Austin miss the ball, but he slipped and fell face-first into the lake. Luckily, he was completely fine and after the hole, Austin rallied and helped his team to a tie...
The article discusses the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and concerns regarding shoreline cleanup methods that may cause environmental harm. Such concerns are said to be most prominent with regard to Louisiana's coastal marshes that act as nurseries for shrimp and fish of commercial importance. ...
In this chapter, we address the impact of the 2010 British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill on commercial fishers sampled from two coastal parishes (counties) in south Louisiana. The individuals who provided the qualitative interviews upon which this chapter is based were participants in...
Beware long-term damage when cleaning up the Deepwater Horizon spillHandle with care, That's the advice of coastal ecologists and geologists to those who are planning the clean-up of the Gulf ecosystems threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.rnLouisiana's ecologically important but fast-...
An exception was the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed eleven people and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico [28]. The company (BP) plead guilty to fourteen criminal charges and paid °1.256 billion in fines [18]. By comparison, BP was levied °18.7 ...