Silent Spring

Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster Worse than Predicted

The Oil spill is now thought to be much worse than previously predicted. Initially the oil spill was thought to be gushing out at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day. But after experts looked at a video released by British Petroleum, they’ve come to the conclusion that the oil could be gushing out at ...

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Oil Spills and the Dangers of Chemical Dispersants

The problem about some of these methods is that they take time to execute and none is guaranteed to work. Every method is just one of many in a list of possible ways to contain the oil spill. While each method is applied and only partially works the oil continues to spill into the surrounding ...

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How do you contain a Deep Sea oil Spill?

As we have witnessed over the last few weeks, there is not easy way to contain a deep sea spill. Fortunately, it’s not the worst oil spill ever (that honour goes to the oil spill in Iraq during the first Gulf War where more than 520 million gallons of oil was deliberately released into the ...

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The Environmental cost of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Again the environment is paying the cost of the reckless activities of Man. More than 5,000 barrels a day is gushing into the Ocean from the embers of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Already environmentalists have stated that dolphins, turtles and bird populations will be affected due to the spill. It is also likely that the ...

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