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Invalidated site: University of New Mexico University Libraries - Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Birds: Comparisons of Pre- and Post-Spill Surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska (PDF). Sep 04, 2026
Article revised. Mar 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 17, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Learning From Disasters: Twenty-One Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Will Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon Blowout Finally Address the Systemic Flaws Revealed in Alaska? (PDF). Nov 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Auburn University - Harbert College of Business - The Wreck of the Exxon Valdez (PDF). Sep 20, 2025
Add new Web site: National Maritime Historical Society - 30 Years after the Exxon Valdez Disaster: The Coast Guard’s Environmental Protection Mission (PDF). Aug 09, 2025
Add new Web site: University of New Mexico University Libraries - Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Birds: Comparisons of Pre- and Post-Spill Surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska (PDF). Jun 27, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Arizona - College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences - Life After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Impacts, Conflicts, and Management Plans in Prince William Sound (PDF). Mar 13, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center of Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Assessing Risks to Sea Otters and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: New Scenarios, Attributable Risk, and Recovery. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Long-term impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on sea otters, assessed through age-dependent mortality patterns. Oct 11, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Exxon Valdez: what lessons have we learned from the 1989 oil spill disaster? Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - Examining the legacy of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - Peril and Promise - The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, how we see climate change then and now. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: NOAA National Ocean Service - The Exxon Valdez, 25 Years Later. Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Social and Political Meaning of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Jan 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Social and Political Meaning of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Jan 09, 2023
Add new Web site: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Exxon Valdez Spill Profile. Sep 29, 2022
Media added. Jan 28, 2019
Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Exxon Valdez Spill Profile. Aug 17, 2016
Updated to account for scrapping of Exxon Valdez. Nov 06, 2012
Media added. Jun 07, 2011
Added image of crews cleaning oil from the Exxon Valdez spill from rocks in Alaska. Jan 28, 2011
New article added. Sep 01, 2009
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