"Hindsight and Foresight, 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill"
The NOAA Ocean Media Center released a video documenting the actions surrounding the Exxon Valdez disaster. After a slew of contextual information surrounding the crash of the Valdez (including weather anomalies and documented history regarding the ship itself), the video analyzes what efforts were employed to contain the spill and the lingering effects still felt 20 years later. Due to the extensive record kept by monitoring the effects of the spill, new and developing methods have been employed in recent oil disasters (that would not exist if not for what was accomplished by coping with the Valdez).
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