BP Oil spill still continues to harm wildlife

The BP oil spill of 2012 is the largest oil spill ever in which 130 million gallons of crude oil was spilled into the ocean. During the spill 11 workers and millions of sea animals lost their lives. Now, over a decade later we are still seeing the effects of the spill. Many species of aquatic creatures like sea trout, coral, and dolphins population never fully recovered. Scientists are still unsure of what effects the spill would have had on longer livng speices like dolphins and turtles but it seems that populations may be on a slight decrease. Its likely that for years to come unless new generations of those affected by the spills begin to return numbers to nromal that certain animals may be in danger of nearing extinction.

THe BP oil spill was a horrendous event and while terrible I think its most important that ie be taken as a learning experience. 10 years after the spill the world is now aware of wildlife conservation and protection maybe more than ever before and protection of our oceans has grown exponentially. So while terrible, I believe that the oil spill ultimately allowed for us to realize the power that we have on our world and what effects it could have in the long term.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/04/how-is-wildlife-doing-now--ten-years-after-the-deepwater-horizon/#close

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