I'm really hoping
this particular oil spill can be cleaned up.
Not exact matches
Although the
particular coastline of Vancouver Island I was fishing this summer is not directly on the proposed tanker route, any sizeable
oil spill along the north coast of British Columbia would have consequences here as well.
This allowed the scientists to produce a map of the potential extent of the
oil spill, showing the risk of
oil pollutants reaching a
particular part of the ocean.
«Another hypothesis among the field is that environmental pollution, in
particular the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
oil spill, may have significantly impacted the population, and many years may be required before the species regains an exponential recovery rate.»
As of right now,
oil companies engaged in cleanup operations after a
spill (one
particular one comes to mind) are not required to disclose which chemicals comprise the products they are using to contain or break up the
oil.
Swiss scientist Jan Van der Meer has shown the possibilities by testing out strains of bacteria that eat
particular chemicals in
oil spills.