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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science - Overview of methods in Oil spill technology. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Oil Spills. | Dec 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Marine Science - Oil Spill and Socioeconomic Vulnerability in Marine Protected Areas. | Sep 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Immediate ecotoxicological effects of short-lived oil spills on marine biota. | May 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife and Oil Spills (PDF). | Apr 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science - Overview of methods in Oil spill technology. | Jan 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Different Emergency Response Strategies to Oil Spills in Rivers Lead to Divergent Contamination Compositions and Microbial Community Response Characteristics. | Nov 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Health Effects of Oil Spills. | Oct 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Environmental attitudes in the aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill. | Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife and Oil Spills. | Jun 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UN Environment Programme - How to manage the damage from oil spills. | Jun 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Oil spills in coastal zones: Environmental impacts and practical mitigating solutions (PDF). | Jan 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Oil Spills. | May 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Oil spills. | Apr 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: SouthEastern Lousiana University - The SPILL: What happens in a spill? | May 03, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 10, 2020 | ||
| New media added. | Jun 03, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - The Science and History of Oil Spills. | Nov 10, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOAA Office of Response and Restoration - How Do Spills Happen? | Sep 19, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | May 08, 2015 | ||
| Throughout the article, changed "tons" to "metric tons." | Aug 19, 2014 | ||
| Added image of firefighters attempting to extinguish the blaze on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. | Aug 25, 2010 | ||
| Table of biggest oil-tanker spills added. | Jun 17, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 22, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: ITOPF - Oil Spills. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Target Science - Spoiling the Ocean - An Oil Spill Cleanup. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Oil Spills. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration - Emergency Response to Oil Spills. | Nov 15, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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