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Oil spill : disaster

Chiang, Mona (Added Author). Crane, Cody (Added Author). Hamalainen, Karina (Added Author). Jones, Lynda (Added Author).

Summary: Explores the immediate and future consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April 2010, when the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, causing major environmental and economical damage along the Gulf coast of the United States.

Record details

ISBN: 0545317762
ISBN: 9780545317764
Physical Description: 31 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
print
Publisher: New York : Scholastic, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	The worst environmental disaster America has ever faced -- Catastrophic records -- Who needs oil? -- Black gold -- The world's oil -- Drilling deep in the Gulf -- Disaster strikes -- Oil spill -- Environmental damage -- Operation: Spill Control -- Animals under threat -- Wildlife rescue -- Stopping the spill -- Innovative solutions -- Think about it.
Target Audience Note:	970L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.6 1 139384.