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Changing Seas
A Decade after Deepwater
Season 12
Episode 1202
Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, scientists are still studying its devastating impacts on the Gulf of Mexico. Now they are using lessons learned to prepare for the next big spill.
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