The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)

The spill in the Gulf of Mexico left behind enormous destruction and damages, some of which are irreversible. Photo: Green Fire Productions, Flickr

Oil-degrading bacteria

The oil slick that leaked from Deepwater_Horizon, as seen from NASA's Terra satellite on May 24, 2010

Energy and environment - biological decomposition

The sun sets above the smog line in Shanghai, China. From Wikipedia

The environment does not wait

British Petroleum personnel struggle with the oil spill, April 2010. Photo: National Geographic for the film broadcast on May 8

Disaster statistics

The spreading slick in the Gulf of Mexico as photographed by NASA's Aqua satellite on April 29, 2010

The Black Bay