A heavily oiled bird struggles to climb onto a boom from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay, La., Saturday, June 26, 2010. A Deadly Toll: The Gulf Oil Spill and the Unfolding Wildlife Disaster Last year’s BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe spilled 205.8 million gallons of oil and 225,000 tons of methane into the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 25 percent of the oil was recovered, leaving more than 154 million gallons of oil at sea. In addition to the oil, The Deepwater Horizon explosion may have also killed a sperm whale. NOAA spotted the mammal floating 77 miles south of the spill site. To put these numbers in perspective after 1989’s Exxon Valdez ran aground off Prince William Sound 250-thousand birds were killed as were 2800 otters.

5,000 The depth below sea-level, in feet, at which Deepwater Horizon was drilling at the time of the explosion. It could operate in waters of up to 8,000ft in depth and drill as far down 30,000ft. 3,850 The square-mile spread of the leaked oil, which had landed along 125 miles of Louisiana's coast by 4 June. In 2016, After the Spill, Jon Bowermaster investigates how the disaster affected local economies and the health of humans, animals, and food sources, and with Corexit, where all the oil went, as a follow-up to the pre-spill SoLa, Louisiana Water Stories, in post-production when the Deepwater Horizon exploded. US government scientists have for the first time connected the BP oil disaster to dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico, in a study finding direct evidence of toxic exposure. The study, led by scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found lung disease, It's been four years since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and sending more than 200 million gallons of crude oil gushing into the water. The public outrage has largely died down, as have the EPA restrictions on federal contracts for BP. The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon well blowout vomited more than 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and onto its shores—the largest accidental, offshore oil spill in history. It killed wildlife, tainted fisheries, and damaged coastal ecosystems from marshes in Louisiana to beaches in Florida. A heavily oiled bird struggles to climb onto a boom from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay, La., Saturday, June 26, 2010.

30 Mar 2011 VANCOUVER — The death toll from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill goes far as the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster approaches. however, the recorded impact on wildlife was relatively low, leading to 

BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster the found animals that can be accounted for).21 However, 50 times higher, putting the death toll of marine mammals closer to 5,000.22. Beyond the immediate death toll, impacts of the BP oil. 22 Apr 2015 Five years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spilled 200 million marsh were oiled2, with estimated death tolls of 6,104 birds, 609 sea turtles,  8 May 2017 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed thousands of marine mammals to wildlife caused by an oil spill, determines the number of animals that  20 Apr 2016 Six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, officials are still working to On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, killing 11 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife. Coronavirus live updates: US death toll reaches 61, city shuts down bars. 25 Jan 2018 Thus, to understand better the impacts of the oil spill we can take a broader view spatially and taxonomically to factor animal movement and  6 May 2014 After the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew out in the Gulf of Mexico some 50 The studies also illustrate the difficulty of calculating a death toll in of Fish and Wildlife who models bird deaths for West Coast oil spills, found the 

9 Dec 2015 New Play Chronicles the Toll of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Workers the chemicals cause serious health problems for humans and wildlife “Mud engineer” Gordon Jones' son was born three weeks after his death.

9 Dec 2015 New Play Chronicles the Toll of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Workers the chemicals cause serious health problems for humans and wildlife “Mud engineer” Gordon Jones' son was born three weeks after his death. 30 Mar 2011 VANCOUVER — The death toll from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill goes far as the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster approaches. however, the recorded impact on wildlife was relatively low, leading to  19 Sep 2010 On 20 April, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing an oil spill that soon became the  30 Mar 2011 Dolphin killed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 2010. on the number of recovered animal carcasses will not give a true death toll,  19 Apr 2012 Workers vacuum up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that impacted new deepwater rigs and bringing the total count to 29, just shy of pre-spill levels. times more of the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, the leading cause of death from A new report from the National Wildlife Federation determined that  16 Feb 2016 BP OIL SPILL - The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP " sperm whales are difficult animals to count, because they spend so much It does not apply with respect to personal injury or wrongful death and it  30 Apr 2010 The spill that followed the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some 1,282 oiled birds have 

Catastrophic oil spills like Deepwater Horizon are deadly, they're costly, and they can Deepwater Horizon and understand its deadly toll on wildlife and habitat. To provide a more accurate death-toll estimate, we used multiplication factors 

On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged Macondo well over an 87-day period, before it was finally capped on July 15, 2010.

1 Jun 2016 In order to hold those responsible for an oil spill accountable for injury and death of wildlife biologists estimate the total number of animals killed 

30 Mar 2011 Dolphin killed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 2010. on the number of recovered animal carcasses will not give a true death toll, 

17 Jun 2015 Now, compare this toll to the damage wrought by wind and solar power. Estimates for bird deaths by wind turbine run from 100,000 a year (the oiled" dead birds were collected "within the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident impact area ." The Daily Caller reports that "in the time since the 2010 BP oil spill,  9 Dec 2015 New Play Chronicles the Toll of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Workers the chemicals cause serious health problems for humans and wildlife “Mud engineer” Gordon Jones' son was born three weeks after his death. 30 Mar 2011 VANCOUVER — The death toll from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill goes far as the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster approaches. however, the recorded impact on wildlife was relatively low, leading to  19 Sep 2010 On 20 April, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing an oil spill that soon became the  30 Mar 2011 Dolphin killed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 2010. on the number of recovered animal carcasses will not give a true death toll,