Today is the one year anniversary of the start of the Gulf of Mexico BP Oil Spill. One year later the Gulf of Mexico is still recovering. Here are a few resources for learning about the state of the Gulf of Mexico one year after the spill.
CNN Student News leads off today with a segment about the oil spill and the clean up efforts that are still in place.
The New York Times has a four minute video chronicling the efforts of scientists to determine the long-term ecological effects of the oil spill.
The most visually impressive resource about the oil spill is the Atlantic’s 39 image photo essay The Gulf Oil Disaster: One Year Later.
On a related note, the Sierra Club film The Day the Water Died, although a bit dated, chronicles the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on the people of Alaska.
