Satellites orbiting Earth photographed the most devastating and world-changing events of the year from above. When wildfires engulfed Australia, protests erupted across the US, and a historic astronaut mission launched, satellites tracked it all. The 21 satellite images below also reveal oil spills, explosions, and pandemic lockdowns. Visit Business Insider’s […]
The 980-foot MV Wakashio, a Japanese ship with a Panamanian flag, ran aground off the coast of Mauritius and started leaking oil into the Indian ocean. Local officials, activists, and residents are worried that it may be “too late” to contain the spill. Here’s a look at the damage the […]
Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker off the coast of Alaska, hit a reef in March of 1989, spilling more than 11 million gallons of oil into the ocean. The spill’s initial impacts devastated wildlife, killing hundreds of thousands of marine animals and billions of fish eggs. Lingering oil in the […]
More than 20,000 tons of oil were spilled into a river in the Arctic Circle by a Russian mining company on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency and expressed anger that officials only learned about the spill two days after it happened. “Why did government agencies […]
The second of two oil spills in two years along the Keystone pipeline resulted in half an Olympic-sized swimming pool’s worth of crude oil spilling onto a North Dakota wetlands area. The Associated Press reports that the leak was discovered Tuesday night and that crews shut down the pipeline, which […]
Thirty years ago, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on a reef in in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and dumped 11 million gallons of oil into the ocean. The spill affected almost the entire Alaskan coastline, killing birds, sea otters, harbour seals, orcas and other wildlife. Since Exxon Valdez, […]
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