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Today 2/9/12

• Bellringer

• BP Oil Spill

• Article Reviews

Lab Report Drafts back tomorrow. If you emailed it, re-email please!

BP Oil Spill

• In statistics:

– Oil spilled could…• Fill 311 Olympic swimming pools• Drive a Hummer H3 69,068 times around Earth• Power 13,208 homes for a year

BP Oil Spill

Environmental Impact Numbers

• 400 species of wildlife threatened• 30 species of birds are threatened• 25 million birds that traverse the Gulf Coast

per day are at risk

A wave…

What happened…

http://radioviceonline.com/in-depth-the-deepwater-horizon-bp-oil-spill-cause/

BP’s Response…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM

One solution for future spills…

• Magnetic Soap– Soap sticks to oil– Oily-Soap can be collected with a magnet!