2010年4月20日,英国石油公司在美国墨西哥湾的“深水地平线”钻井平台突然发生爆炸,事故造成11人失踪,整个钻井平台沉入海底。很快时间内,不断有原油浮现在海面上,被污染的海域面积也随之扩大。墨西哥湾附近1 300多万平方公里的海面被厚厚的原油覆盖,有上千公里海岸遭到污染。美国政府宣布本次漏油事故可能导致前所未有的生态 On April 20, 2010, BP suddenly exploded on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving 11 people missing and the entire rig sinking to the sea floor. In a very short period of time, there has been a continuous surge of crude oil on the surface of the sea. As a result, the area of ​​contaminated sea areas has also expanded. Over 13 million square kilometers of sea near the Gulf of Mexico are covered with thick crude oil and contaminated thousands of kilometers of the coast. The U.S. government announced that this oil spill may lead to an unprecedented ecology