How Oil Spills are Affecting Our Planet
September 23, 2008
In this NASA video segment learn how oil spills affect our planet. Toxins in oil cling to animals and plants suffocating them. During and after large oil spills, the EPA and Coast Guard map the location. Weather and current data is used to predict the path of the oil. Color animation is used to help support this segment.
Credit: NASA
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Hazards, Environmental issues with petroleum, Oils, Earth, Geography, Coast, NASA, Nature, oil, oil spill, Ocean pollution, Business Finance, National Aeronautics and Space Administration