COSEE Ocean Systems: News
BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find in first-ever financial evaluation of spill's impact
Description: The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. This is the first comprehensive appraisal of the financial value of the natural resources damaged by the 134-million-gallon spill. [Source: Virginia Tech]
URL: http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2017/04/cals-bp.html
Availability: Full Text
Source: Virginia Tech
Publish Date: 4/20/2017
Reading Level: Basic
Page Length:  

<< BACK