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A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still unsafe

  • Written by Donald Boesch, Professor of Marine Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still unsafeA satellite image of the oil slick as it looked in late May 2010, a month after the Deepwater Horizon well exploded. The oil plume looks grayish white. NASA/Goddard/Jen Shoemaker and Stu Snodgrass

Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 crew members and starting the largest ocean oil spill in history....

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