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2010 Science News of the Year: Environment

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

Aerial shot of the gulf shore.
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

Gulf drilling disaster
The biggest oil spill in U.S. history began April 20, when an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico at rates at times exceeding 65,000 barrels a day (SN Online: 9/23/10).