A spill's long legacy

• Autores: John J. Wiens
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2962, 2014, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Wiens talks about the oil from the Exxon Valdez spill. In late March 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran a ground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, off southern Alaska. More than 40 million liters of crude oil spilled into the frigid waters. Pushed by a late winter storm, the oil eventually contaminated 2100 kilometers of remote, rocky shoreline. It is estimated that it killed as many as 250,000 seabirds, 2,000 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles and untold numbers of invertebrates living on nearby rocks and beaches.