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Lasting legacy of the Exxon Valdez

Twenty years on, the iconic oil spill remains an expensive ecological disaster.

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Lubick, N. Lasting legacy of the Exxon Valdez. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.176

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