Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaska

It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters claiming a huge toll on aquatic flora and fauna when on March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker targeted to Long Beach, California, hit the Bligh Island Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude over the next few days. Immediate effects of the spill included the deaths of as many as 250,000 seabirds, at least 2800 sea otters and hundreds of other sea creatures. As per reports, by 2010 there was still an estimated 23000 gallons of Valdez crude oil in Alaska’s soil, breaking down at less than 4% per year. The spill has continued to affect the sea animals in Alaska till date as a higher death rate and reduction in reproduction of many species have been noted since then.

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