The mitigation of oil spills is an important facet of environmental protection. Understanding oil spills is a first step toward preventing and minimizing their

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U.S. Arctic waters north of the Bering Strait and west of the Canadian border encompass a vast area that is usually ice covered for much of the year, but is inc

Annotation Major oil spills attract the attention of the public and the media. This was especially the case after the Deepwater Horizon spill. In recent years,