Deep sea time bomb? (Photo).BLACK PLAGUE: An oil-soaked bird flaps its wings on a beach in northern Spain, following a November oil spill oil spill: see water pollution. . An aging tanker broke apart and sank in the Atlantic, creating what environmentalists called "a time bomb at the bottom of the sea." Some 2.7 million gallons of fuel oil spilled initially, befouling 180 miles of coastline. But the ship went down carrying an additional 18 million gallons of oil--nearly twice the amount release in the infamous in·fa·mous adj. 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. 2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed. 3. Law a. 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is considered one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters ever to occur at sea. Prince William Sound's remote location (accessible only by helicopter and boat) made government and industry response efforts difficult and severely taxed off the coast of Alaska. That spill spill - register spilling killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals and cost $2.1 billion to clean up. |
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