# Marine life in Gulf of Mexico has still not fully recovered from 2010 BP oil spill

- Source: Guardian Business
- Published: 2026-10-22T12:00:44+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/22/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-gulf-marine-life
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/marine-life-in-gulf-of-mexico-has-still-not-fully-recovered-from-2010--c776e6/

New study reveals dramatic population drops in fish, cephalopods and more after the Deepwater Horizon spill Marine life in the Gulf of Mexico plummeted by about 60% after BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and has still not fully recovered, according to a new study . The April 2010 explosion of an offshore drilling unit 50 miles off the Louisiana coast triggered the largest marine oil spill in

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