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Major science news stories, from the BP oil spill to the Chilean miners trapped underground by Catherine McNiff
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The Large Hadron Collider Broke Records | U.S. & World Gripped by the Threat of H1N1 | Water Found on the Moon A Deadly Spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana killed 11 and injured 17. The ensuing oil spill leaked 5 million barrels of oil along the Gulf Coast, making it the world’s largest spill of its kind, surpassing the 1979 disaster from the Mexican oil rig, Ixtoc I, which leaked 3.3 million barrels of oil. In comparison, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster of more than 238,000 barrels was quite small–so small, in fact, that at the height of the Deepwater Horizon spill, its Macondo well was pumping out the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill total every four days. After 86 days of gushing oil and many failed attempts to cap the leak, the flow was finally stopped on July 15 with a temporary containment cap. A “total kill” was achieved via the successful connection of one of two relief wells drilled for the purpose of delivering a permanent cement seal. The Macondo 252 well was declared dead on Sept. 19, 2010. The long-term effects on marine and coastal life are unknown, but expected to be significant.
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A Deadly Spill
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana killed 11 and injured 17. The ensuing oil spill leaked 5 million barrels of oil along the Gulf Coast, making it the world’s largest spill of its kind, surpassing the 1979 disaster from the Mexican oil rig, Ixtoc I, which leaked 3.3 million barrels of oil. In comparison, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster of more than 238,000 barrels was quite small–so small, in fact, that at the height of the Deepwater Horizon spill, its Macondo well was pumping out the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill total every four days.
Related Links
- 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Timeline
- 2010 Year in Review
- 2010 Science News
- Largest Oil Spills in the U.S.
- Largest Oil Spills in the World
- 2010 News of the Nation
- 2010 News of the World
- U.S. Statistics, 2010
After 86 days of gushing oil and many failed attempts to cap the leak, the flow was finally stopped on July 15 with a temporary containment cap. A “total kill” was achieved via the successful connection of one of two relief wells drilled for the purpose of delivering a permanent cement seal. The Macondo 252 well was declared dead on Sept. 19, 2010. The long-term effects on marine and coastal life are unknown, but expected to be significant.
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- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
