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BP Oil Spill Trashed More Shoreline Than Scientists Thought
2016-04-20 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The largest oil spill in U.S. history was even bigger than previously thought, at least in terms of the amount of coastline that was oiled, scientists report in a new study. The findings shed new light onto the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which began six years ago Wednesday. Scientists from the federal government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and several private research companies found oil along 1,313 miles (2,113 kilometers) out of 5,930 miles (9,545...
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