oil spills

Describes how oil spills occur, the damage they cause to the environment, clean-up operations, and ways to prevent oil spills.

Focuses on environmental destruction through oil spills, radiation and chemical disasters, and dangerous wastes.

Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989, and the effects of the spill on the Alaskan environment.

Explains how oil spills happen, discusses their effects on wildlife and habitats, describes the disposal of oil, and covers several major oil disasters, including Saddam Hussein's oil dumping during the Persian Gulf War.

Examines the causes and some specific occurrences of oil spills and leaks and discusses the environmental issues and efforts to prevent future spills.

Provides an account of events surrounding the disaster that occurred when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

On Prince William Sound in Alaska, Denny rescues a baby seal hurt by an oil spill and watches it recover at a nearby animal hospital.

Examines the environmental and social consequences of the 2010 BP oil spill from the perspective of those directly affected by it.

The six young mermaids are delayed on their vital mission to bring magic crystals back to the Coral Kingdom by an oil spill created by the evil Mantora, as Ellie seeks the special ingredient for a potion that will help save birds caught in the oil.

A loon is rescued from an oil spill, cleaned, and cared for before being returned to the wild. Includes information on cleaning birds.