FastBook Publishing Öl-Katastrophen auf den Weltmeeren

Time and again, devastating oil spills occur in oceans and along coastlines due to accidents involving oil tankers or drilling rigs: In 2010, the explosion of a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico caused what is likely the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The largest oil catastrophe off the coast of Europe took place in the late 1970s after an oil tanker sank off the French coast. In the late 1990s, a fire on a Caribbean freighter in the North Sea led to the most significant oil slick in German waters to date. This book provides an overview of drilling rigs and oil tankers, the historically worst oil disasters, their environmental consequences, and prevention efforts.