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OR&R has created a variety of infographics to augment information on our website and to stand alone as information sources covering a range of topics. Feel free to use these with NOAA credit.

Infographic showing text and small illustrations, as well as key metrics.

Infographic with numbers, small illustrations and text.

Taylor Energy platform in Gulf of Mexico - three views

Timeline against illustration of ship spilling oil.

Cut-away showing zones and potential threats from oil.

Cut-away of marine environment showing sargassum, various fish and wildlife.

Cut-away illustration of wetlands, pelagic zone, and benthos.

Oil dispersed from a plane, burning oil, a ship with oil skimming equipment.

Beach with firefighter, burning oil on water, heavy equipment.

Image of beach and water with grounded boat, damaged coral, marine debris.

Illustration showing industry, a ship, oil platform, and underground oil seeps.

Three panels showing different impacts to human activity because of oil spills.

Illustration of shore and land with descriptions of OR&R response tools.

Diagram combining map, equipment, wildlife and facilities with descriptions.

Map showing various ways that plastics can enter the ocean.

Illustration of listing ship, wildlife, map, and key numbers.

Map of North America showing circles of various sizes representing spills in U.S. waters. The depicted spills are outlined in the table of data below the graphic.

Illustration of hands with test tube and key numbers on post-spill research

Process diagram of steps taken to achieve restoration.

Illustration showing order of questions considered in a response.

Value of Oyster Habitat

Infographic showing text and small illustrations, as well as key metrics.

Infographic showing key numbers on the value of oyster habitat, overall decrease in oyster habitat in 130 years, and NOAA's work to restore the habitat.

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Value of Coastal Wetland Habitat

Infographic with numbers, small illustrations and text.

Illustrations of how the Taylor MC20 Platform in the Gulf of Mexico appeared before and after damage from Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The third panel shows the containment system installed to capture oil from persitant leaks.

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Taylor Energy Platform

Taylor Energy platform in Gulf of Mexico - three views

Illustrations of how the Taylor MC20 Platform in the Gulf of Mexico appeared before and after damage from Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The third panel shows the containment sytem installed to capture oil from persistent leaks.

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Recovery Timeline: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Timeline against illustration of ship spilling oil.

25-year recovery timeline of Prince William Sound, following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Potential impacts

Cut-away showing zones and potential threats from oil.

Sargassum: Floating Ecosystem

Cut-away of marine environment showing sargassum, various fish and wildlife.

Section of marine environment showing sargassum, various fish and wildlife.

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Ecosystem Components and Food Web - Gulf of Mexico

Ecosystem Components and Food Web - Gulf of Mexico

Diagram showing ecosystem components of nearshore, offshore, pelagic zone, and benthos in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Conceptual Model of Arctic Oil Spill Exposure and Injuries

Cut-away illustration of wetlands, pelagic zone, and benthos.

Cut-away illustration of wetlands, pelagic zone, and benthos.

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Responding to Oil Spills at Sea

Oil dispersed from a plane, burning oil, a ship with oil skimming equipment.

Illustrations shows methods of responding to an oil spill at sea.

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Responding to Oil Spills on Shore

Beach with firefighter, burning oil on water, heavy equipment.

Illustration demonstrates a variety of cleanup and response methods to spills near or on the shoreline.

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Abandoned and Sunken Vessels

Image of beach and water with grounded boat, damaged coral, marine debris.

Illustration shows some of the harm an abandoned vessel can cause the environment.

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Where do Oil Spills Come From?

Illustration showing industry, a ship, oil platform, and underground oil seeps.

Demonstrates ways oil can enter the marine environment.

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Because of Spills

Three panels showing different impacts to human activity because of oil spills.

Illustration shows three simple ways an oil spill affects recreational activity on a beach.

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Responder Tools

Illustration of shore and land with descriptions of OR&R response tools.

Illustration showcasing 11 applications used by scientists working on oil and chemical spill response and cleanup.

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Ecological Harm and Restoration at Hanford

Diagram combining map, equipment, wildlife and facilities with descriptions.

Information on the history, location, and cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear reservation in Washington.

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Plastics in the Ocean

Map showing various ways that plastics can enter the ocean.

Information on the issue of marine debris.

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Ten Years Later: Delaware River oil Spill (Athos)

Illustration of listing ship, wildlife, map, and key numbers.

Key information points on the Athos Oil spill in the Delaware River in 2004.

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Largest Oil Spills Affecting U.S. Waters - 1969-2024

Map of North America showing circles of various sizes representing spills in U.S. waters. The depicted spills are outlined in the table of data below the graphic.

Science at Work: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Illustration of hands with test tube and key numbers on post-spill research

Information on the volume of research conducted following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Getting to Restoration via a Natural Resources Damage Assessment

Process diagram of steps taken to achieve restoration.

Information on how waste site restoration is achieved showing the steps in sequence.

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Questions Guiding NOAA's Oil Spill Science Recommendations

Illustration showing order of questions considered in a response.

Questions that NOAA scientists consider when planning a response.

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