The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's site on oil spill response. Includes training materials, links to photos of the Exxon Valdez 1989 oil spill, and research information.
NPFC is the fiduciary agent for the U.S. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and the portion of Superfund accessible to the U.S. Coast Guard. Site has information on vessel certification, spill financial management, claims adjudication, and natural resources damage assessment.
University faculty member provides extensive information on spill response protocols and control tools, past spills, the U.S. Oil Pollution Control Act, spill costs, and university courses offered. Includes online simulations of hypothetical marine spills.
Investigation by three Nigerian environmental scientists on the impact of continuous oil spills in the Niger Delta, covering human health, air quality, fish health, and agriculture.
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the ... Marine mammals exposed to oil spills are affected in similar ways as seabirds. ...
Oil spills are one of the many ways killer whales have become endangered. ... Many people don't realize all the animals in the ocean that oil spills affect. ...
After the large Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989, both the United States ... oil spills: National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration, Oil ...