Oil spills are some of the most destructive forms of marine pollution known to man, thanks to their acute toxicity and ability to devastate marine habitats. The BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 ranks as one of the worst accidental oil spills in history, having released over 134 million gallons (~4.9 million barrels) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days. The spill is estimated to have caused $17.2 billion in natural resource damages; killed ~1 million birds, hundreds of thousands of sea turtles and billions of…

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