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Topic: Oil spills

National Marine Mammal Foundation veterinarian performs a dental exam on a dolphin.
Studying the health of dolphins after pollution
March 13, 2023
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
marine life
oil spills
National Marine Mammal Foundation veterinarian performs a dental exam on a dolphin.
On  July 23, 2008,  the chemical tanker Tintomara collided with fuel barge DM932 on the Mississippi River, near New Orleans, Louisiana. Shown here is an aerial view of the resulting oil spill.
6 polluted waterways slated for restoration
January 5, 2023
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
response and restoration
coastal restoration
coastal communities
oil spills
On  July 23, 2008,  the chemical tanker Tintomara collided with fuel barge DM932 on the Mississippi River, near New Orleans, Louisiana. Shown here is an aerial view of the resulting oil spill.
Photol of research vessel at the Taylor Energy oil spill site offshore of Louisiana pre-containment
Private, public effort contains 1 million gallons of oil at longest U.S. spill
July 12, 2022
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
oil spills
Photol of research vessel at the Taylor Energy oil spill site offshore of Louisiana pre-containment
Dolphin breathing with a caretaker by her side.
Dolphins deep breathe on camera for oil spill science
March 30, 2022
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Ocean & Coasts
Fisheries
Topics:
oil spills
research
marine life
Dolphin breathing with a caretaker by her side.
Workers hose off oil from a rocky shore in Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Photo dated April 1989.
Marking 30 years of restoring waterways after pollution
March 1, 2021
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
oil spills
coastal restoration
Workers hose off oil from a rocky shore in Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Photo dated April 1989.
On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Within six hours of the grounding, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons (259,500 barrels) of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The oil would eventually impact more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.
Look back at 30 years of oil spill response
August 7, 2020
Focus areas:
Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
oil spills
response and restoration
On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Within six hours of the grounding, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons (259,500 barrels) of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The oil would eventually impact more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.
Drone image of R/V Brooks McCall at MC20 site with rising oil and gas at the surface, September 2018, in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA NCCOS scientists aboard the vessel surveyed the site (September 1–7, 2018) to determine the source, composition, and extent of the oil and gas discharge.
Flow rates for 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico are published in new report
June 24, 2019
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
oil spills
Drone image of R/V Brooks McCall at MC20 site with rising oil and gas at the surface, September 2018, in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA NCCOS scientists aboard the vessel surveyed the site (September 1–7, 2018) to determine the source, composition, and extent of the oil and gas discharge.
An oiled rock along the shoreline near New Orleans.
NOAA provides scientific expertise to aid oil and chemical spill response
March 13, 2019
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
oil spills
An oiled rock along the shoreline near New Orleans.
Oil spill.
How does marine pollution affect you?
March 7, 2019
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Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
oil spills
Oil spill.
Adak oil spill.
10 common words with uncommon meanings in spill response
May 14, 2018
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Ocean & Coasts
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oil spills
Adak oil spill.

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