Gulf of Mexico

workers and having many other outreaching effects. The amount of crude oil that was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of approximately three months was 4.9 million barrels of oil and to go along with that, 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants to the Gulf. A major group of crude oil, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was discovered along the northern shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico. PAH effected several species of wildlife including Dolphins, the Tundra Peregrine…

The BP oil spill, also known as the “Deepwater Horizon oil spill”, took place in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning on April 20, 2010. The BP owned Transocean- operated Macondo Prospect exploded and sunk. Oil spilled from this oil rig for 87 days until it was contained on July 15, 2010 but not official sealed until September 19, 2010. The United States Government predicted that about 4.9 million barrels of oil was spilled and that is about 210 million gallons. The oil spread around 2,500 to 68,000…

and deposited into the same area. This is usually where the sand originates. Galveston beach is known as a barrier island. Galveston Island is located south of Houston, about 50 miles. Galveston Island split up west Galveston bay and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The natural formation of the island started 5,300 years ago. Located…

beyond the media coverage to examine the crisis in depth through the eyes of oil executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on. 11 workers killed and 5 million barrels of oil was one of the worst oil accidents in history. The leak continued without interruption for 87 days, devastating the Gulf coastline, its wildlife, its beaches and its entire fishing industry. BP's lack of response to the initial…

tropical wave and the Tropical Depression Ten. The cyclone headed generally westward toward Florida and strengthened into a hurricane, only two hours before making landfall at Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25. Katrina emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and began to rapidly deepen.…

(Smithsonian Natural Museum of Hihttp://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill) In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig, which was owned by the British Petroleum Co., blew up and spilled more than 200 million gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The leakage from the rig lasted about 87 days, which made it the biggest oil spill in American history. The Gulf coastlines the American states of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and a bit of Alabama. The oil spill affected many things, it took the lives of many…

A hurricane is an intense storm with very high winds. It is characterized by how fast its winds speeds are and how bad the storm is (“Hurricane.”). There were four category 5 Hurricanes in 2005, the most that were in record for an Atlantic hurricane season, and Hurricane Katrina was one of them. Hurricane Katrina was a very disastrous event that occurred in New Orleans. The hurricane was a very effective one but not as effective as Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Katrina did various amounts of damage…

America, along the Mississippi Gulf near Waveland. It traveled west…

Many people would associate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 as the world’s worst human-caused ecological disaster, citing the devastating effect the spilled oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Although the slick has spread over a large area, destroy BP’s publicity, and has killed many marine-based wildlife, other events in history makes the oil spill appear incredibly minor in comparison. For example, in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, the Dust Bowl, a result of bad farming techniques…

As “the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history,” Hurricane Katrina wracked New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region during and after 2005 and is virtually without parallel in recent U.S. history. The tremendous storm surge after the hurricane paralyzed the city of New Orleans because not only the city’s natural geographic features made it vulnerable to flooding, but also the built protective system failed and worsened the impact of flooding. The flooding ensued after…