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https://www.conservationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/exxon-valdez-cleanup.jpg704466About once every decade there is a major oil spill somewhere in the world – the Exxon Valdez in 1989, the Prestige in 2002, and the Deepwater Horizon in 2010 all come to mind. These spills can do tremendous damage to the ecosystem in the area of the spill and can expand over vast regions to affect coastlines and indigenous wildlife hundreds of miles away.