One of the Worst Things that Happpened in 2010 was. . . . . . . . . .

Do you have any idea what this is or what caused it to happen on April 20, 2010?

55 Days Later!!!

June 7, 2010:

Late on the night of April 20th, 50 miles from the shore of Louisiana, a fire broke out aboard the Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil rig under lease by BP, with 126 individuals on board. After a massive explosion, all but 11 of the crew managed to escape as the rig was consumed by fire, later collapsing and sinking into the Gulf. Safeguards set in place to automatically cap the oil well in case of catastrophe did not work as expected

It has been described by Newsweek, the National Geographic, Rolling Stone magazine, and other U.S. and world media as the worst offshore oil leak in United States history and one of the world's worst ever. The wellhead blowout on BP's Deepwater Horizon Drilling rig caused the leaking of what some say has been tens of millions of gallons of oil - others say it has reached hundreds of millions of gallons - into the natural habitat surrounding the Mississippi River Delta and beyond.

Federal officials planning the recovery from the effects of the BP Macondo oil spill should remain on guard for signs of the collapse of fish or wildlife species in and around the Gulf of Mexico in the years to come, say more than 40 scientists who gathered in Sarasota, Fla., to discuss long-term scientific responses to the spill.

Click below to  read more about the scientists' concerns.


Scientists wary of BP oil spill's long-term effects on species