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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

Bonny Schumaker, cofounder of the nonprofit On Wings of Care, flies over the Gulf...
Dark brown oil floods a marsh after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Oily Marsh after the Oil Spill

Dark brown oil floods a marsh on the Mississippi Delta after the Deepwater Horizon...
Dolphins swimming among oily patches in the Gulf of Mexico
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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) observed in emulsified oil on April 29,...
Pelicans gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Pelicans Perch on Oil Booms

GRAND ISLE, La. -- Brown pelicans congregate on containment boom that surrounds...
Head shot of Dr. Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
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Lecture: "Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought the world's attention to the Gulf of...
An environmental chemist collects samples of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The resulting chemical “fingerprint” of the oil will help determine the origin of other samples.
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Oil Samples in the Gulf

Oceana’s Pacific Science Director Jeff Short, an environmental chemist who...
Marine Ecologist Jeremy Jackson
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Marine Ecologist Jeremy Jackson Discusses Oil Spills

Marine ecologist Dr. Jeremy Jackson and a team of researchers conducted an in-depth...
Researchers on a boat try to to catch an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
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Netting an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico

Carl Pellegrin (left) of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Tim...
An autonomous underwater vehicle from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) being launched from the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Gulf of Mexico

An autonomous underwater vehicle from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute...
Oil leaks from cars and other vehicles contribute to ocean pollution.
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Oil Leak on Roadway

Oil leaks from cars and other vehicles contribute to ocean pollution....
A placard warns residents that water—and anything else—that goes own this storm drain makes its way into the Potomac River and, eventually the ocean.
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Marked Storm Drain

A placard warns residents that water—and anything else—that goes own this storm...
Workers contracted by BP load oily waste onto a trailer on Elmer's Island, just west of Grand Isle, La., May 21, 2010.
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Workers

Workers contracted by BP load oily waste onto a trailer on Elmer's Island, just...

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