A map showing the approximate forecast path of an oil spill (in black) from a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico which occurred on November 16, 2023.

Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico in maps and graphics A massive operation is under way in and around the Gulf of Mexico to halt a leak from a blown-out oil well and prevent the spread of the slick. The ...

The effects of the BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline are being documented as no disaster has been before. And the documentarians are not just researchers and the news media, but many ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As stiff winds hampered cleanup efforts Sunday, officials began ...

Oil spill sends dead birds, fish onto California beaches: This map shows how big it really is. ... a major source of undersea oil about 9 miles offshore in the Gulf of Santa Catalina.

Map: How the Gulf Oil Spill Looks Compared to NYC. By . John Del Signore. Published May 24, 2010. ... a Google Maps engineering manager, here's the oil spill as it looks compared in size to NYC.

Much of New Orleans is still without power a week after Hurricane Ida 01:38. Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the ...

Months after the Deepwater Horizon oil leak began, a 22-mile-long, 1.2-mile-wide and 650-foot-high plume of microscopic oil compounds floated 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ...

Engage with ESRI's map of the oil spill disaster to see threatened sites and sensitive habitat. Click news icons by destination to read more about the latest activity in the Gulf.

Gulf Oil Spill Could Reach East Coast Beaches. ... (See a Gulf of Mexico map.) If oil is swept up into the Loop Current—which moves at about 3.3 to 6.5 feet (1 to 2 meters) ...

The public can now track Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill recovery data online via a near-real-time interactive map at a new Web site created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

After the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the area's infauna were reduced by up to 90 percent, Tunnell said—a potential reason many bird species left the area in the wake of the nine ...