Oil spill
Subtitle: disaster
By: written by Mona Chiang, Cody Crane, Karina Hamalainen, and Lynda Jones
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9780545317764
Subjects: Cleanup; Man-made disasters; Oil pollution of water; Environmental aspects; Oil spills and wildlife; Juvenile literature; Pollution; Oil spills
Description: 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.
Notes: Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 6.6 1 SD Quiz 139384 English non-fiction.
Table of contents: title: The worst environmental disaster America has ever faced; title: Catastrophic records; title: Who needs oil?; title: Black gold; title: The world's oil; title: Drilling deep in the Gulf; title: Disaster strikes; title: Oil spill; title: Environmental damage; title: Operation: Spill Control; title: Animals under threat; title: Wildlife rescue; title: Stopping the spill; title: Innovative solutions; title: Think about it.