This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago was much worse than previously believed, according to a new study. The 2010 rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, triggered one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.

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    Almost a decade and a half after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has long since surpassed pre-disaster levels. The hundreds of fish species in ...
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