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Why are some beaches oily?
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Isaac Asimov |
Discusses the causes and damaging effects of oil spills and ways to protect the land and sea from oil pollution. |
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Oil spills
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Jean F. Blashfield |
Describes how an oil spill occurs; the damaging effects of recent spills on the sea, land, and wildlife; and the difficult process of cleaning up after a spill. |
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Oil spills
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Laurence P. Pringle |
Describes petroleum and its uses, examines the harmful effects of oil spills, and discusses how such environmental disasters can be cleaned up or prevented. |
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The BP oil spill
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Peter Benoit |
Photographs, maps, time lines, and easy-to-follow text describe the events surrounding the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Drowning in oil
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Loren C. Steffy |
The first in-depth examination of how a lack of corporate responsibility and government oversight led to the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rock… |
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Oil spills
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Jane Walker |
Describes specific oil spills such as the one caused by the Exxon Valdez, examines their effects on the environment, and discusses efforts to prevent future disasters. |
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After the spill
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Sandra Markle |
Examines the impact of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill on the environment and people of Prince William Sound and describes the steps taken to minimize the damage and prevent a recurrence. |
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Penguins don't wear sweaters!
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Marikka Tamura |
When an oil spill prevents penguins from doing the things they love to do, Big Boots come and dress them in sweaters until they--and the water--can be cleaned. Includes facts about penguins and why d… |
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The Exxon Valdez oil spill
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Elspeth Leacock |
In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 11 million gallons of oil when it ran aground in one of the largest oil spills in the history of the United States. This book details the timelin… |
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Oil spill!
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Elaine Landau |
Presents facts about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began on April 20, 2010.
Photographs and text describe the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 and its effects, providing detailed illus… |
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The science of an oil spill
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Andrea Wang |
Learn what oil is, what causes an oil spill, the impacts, and how to prevent them. |
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Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico : Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill : Volume 1
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C. Herb Ward |
environmental management; marine; freshwater sciences |
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Proposed five-year OCS oil and gas lease sale schedule, January 1982-December 1986
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United States. Bureau of Land Management |
This supplement considers a July 1981 proposed five-year schedule extending from January 1982 to December 1986 and consisting of 42 oil and gas leasing sales in 14 of the 23 planning areas of the Out… |
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Proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale, Norton Sound
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United States. Bureau of Land Management |
"The leasing proposal consists of a total of 988,416 hectares (2.4 million acres) of OCS lands. The 249 blocks are located in Norton Sound 14.4 to 99.2 kilometers (9 to 62 mi) offshore in waters that… |
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Les marées noires
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Jane Walker |
Les activités des hommes laissent parfois des marques indélébiles dans la nature, ayant des conséquences graves sur l'environnement. La pollution par les hydrocarbures en est un exemple. Il faut appl… |
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Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands
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National Research Council |
xviii, 225 p. : 23 cm |
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A Break in the Chain
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Chris D'Lacey |
A terrible oil spill in the Arctic, a lesson about food chains, and a computer game featuring a polar bear turn into a magical adventure for Billy, whose class uses email and a fund-raiser to help re… |
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Exxon Valdez oil spill
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Nichol Bryan |
Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989, and the effects of the spill on the Alaskan environment. |
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Eric and the mad inventor
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Malcolm Livingstone |
Eric, a wild car, and Mr. Flywheel, an inventor, clean up a polluting oil spill and remind a misguided scientist that he can't improve on nature. |
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Oil spills and the marine environment
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Donald F. Boesch |
Ecological effects of oil pollution in marine environment and technological aspects of prevention, control and cleanup. |
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