This gorgeous video will remind you what an ugly mess the BP oil spill made
Monday is the five-year anniversary of the start of the BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history, lasting for 87 days and spewing more than 200 million gallons of oil into the surrounding environment.
Here to remind us that, yes, the disaster is still a thing and probably will be for a while is renowned doodler and science communicator Perrin Ireland. In this video, she (literally) paints a pretty bleak picture. Basically, scientists are still trying to account for all the leaked oil and expect it to be years before they fully understand the spill’s impact on the local ecosystem.
Check out the video, and be sure to stay tuned for next season, when scientists continue the hunt for those pesky dispersants!
Oh, and by the way, have you heard about all those exploding oil trains?
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