Study reveals Deepwater Horizon oil spill larger than previously thought

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A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami, which was published at Science Advances, revealed that the oil spread from the famous Deepwater Horizon oil spill was expanded in many more areas than what was shown in satellite data.

The Deepwater Horizon explosion is an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 11 deaths, 17 injuries and a discharge of about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the sea, leaving a heavy legacy in the safety history...

https://safety4sea.com/study-reveals-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-larger-than-previously-thought/

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