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Oil, seabirds, and science: The effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Journal Article · · Bioscience
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/1312988· OSTI ID:482367
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  1. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)

When an environmental accident creates a potential conflict between science and environmental advocacy, science may suffer. When the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on the morning of 24 March 1989, it aroused widespread concern about possible environmental concern about possible environmental devastation. Within hours, some 41 million liters of crude oil were released into the marine ecosystem, making this spill the largest in US history. Eventually, oil was found more than 900 km from the spill site, and roughly 2100 km of shoreline were contaminated with oil (Neff et al. 1995). 46 refs., 8 figs.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
482367
Journal Information:
Bioscience, Journal Name: Bioscience Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 46; ISSN BISNAS; ISSN 0006-3568
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English