Oil Slicks (1990s)
WorldPhysical EnvironmentEconomicGeneralized historical oil slicks.
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Global map shows oil slicks in 1990s, depicted by black-shaded areas along coastlines, notably in East and Southeast Asia, Arabian Peninsula, East and West Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, Western Europe, North Atlantic, and America coastlines.
Oil Slicks (1990s) | Less than 20°F | 20–29°F | 30–39°F | 40–49°F | 50–54°F | 55–59°F | 2 to 2.5 | 2.5 to 3 | 3 to 3.5 | 3.5 to 4 | 4 to 4.5 | 4.5 to 5 | 5 to 5.5 | 5.5 to 6 | 6 to 6.5 | 6.5 to 7 | 7 to 7.5 | |
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Alaska | 0.113% | 0.364% | 0.102% | 17.0% | 18.9% | 20.0% | 17.3% | 13.9% | 6.85% | 0.304% | ||||||||
Arizona | 32.8% | 60.8% | 2.30% | 3.51% | 69.2% | 27.3% | ||||||||||||
Utah | 93.9% | 5.41% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Yukon | 36.2% | 38.5% | 16.4% | 5.02% | 3.91% | |||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 9.87% | 22.1% | 27.7% | 18.5% | 4.31% | 15.6% | 1.77% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.837% | 14.7% | 56.6% | 21.0% | 7.07% | 15.0% | 82.2% | 2.85% | ||||||||||
Idaho | 84.3% | 6.93% | 48.1% | 51.9% | ||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 57.6% | 100% | 23.7% | 76.3% | ||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 95.0% | 3.92% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Vermont | 5.93% | 99.7% | 95.9% | 4.15% | ||||||||||||||
Washington | 0.496% | 29.2% | 45.9% | 22.8% | 6.09% | 55.9% | 38.0% | |||||||||||
Wyoming | 100% | 3.26% | 96.7% | |||||||||||||||
Nunavut | 1.46% | 4.55% | 27.5% | 0.150% | 19.2% | 5.07% | ||||||||||||
Montana | 99.9% | 89.8% | 10.2% | |||||||||||||||
Maine | 5.06% | 99.5% | 16.2% | 71.2% | 12.7% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 39.9% | 3.74% | 91.2% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 1.05% | 0.194% | 99.8% | |||||||||||||||
Virginia | 62.1% | 20.5% | 1.66% | 63.0% | 37.0% | |||||||||||||
Delaware | 99.3% | 99.1% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 0.308% | 85.1% | 14.9% | |||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 31.5% | 61.8% | 6.66% | |||||||||||||||
Mississippi | 29.7% | 21.7% | 78.0% | 1.91% | 52.1% | 46.0% | ||||||||||||
West Virginia | 3.63% | 67.8% | 31.4% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Texas | 19.3% | 10.9% | 44.9% | 29.3% | 14.1% | 1.45% | 25.6% | 56.1% | 16.9% | |||||||||
Missouri | 80.4% | 18.4% | 20.7% | 79.3% | ||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 89.8% | 61.7% | 37.9% | 21.5% | 63.6% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||
Hawaii | 1.73% | 4.46% | 95.5% | |||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 16.0% | 84.2% | 3.43% | 3.74% | 93.9% | |||||||||||||
Oregon | 27.3% | 19.8% | 23.7% | 19.6% | 27.0% | 52.7% | 0.664% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 20.6% | 69.3% | 10.1% | |||||||||||||||
Alabama | 8.82% | 29.3% | 1.30% | 2.92% | 87.2% | 9.85% | ||||||||||||
New Mexico | 81.8% | 1.03% | 21.3% | 78.7% | ||||||||||||||
Kansas | 96.6% | 3.36% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 99.5% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
British Columbia | 0.210% | 1.18% | 10.9% | 80.5% | 7.40% | |||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9.26% | 24.1% | 25.5% | 41.2% | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey | 99.2% | 73.8% | 25.8% | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 41.6% | 58.3% | 12.4% | 87.6% | ||||||||||||||
Michigan | 98.1% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Alberta | 21.6% | 71.0% | 7.43% | |||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 24.2% | 99.4% | 10.3% | 76.9% | 12.8% | |||||||||||||
Colorado | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 73.6% | 6.36% | 55.5% | 44.5% | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 98.1% | 98.2% | 0.220% | 0.204% | 88.4% | 11.2% | ||||||||||||
Georgia | 0.104% | 26.7% | 54.5% | 18.7% | 17.7% | 82.3% | ||||||||||||
New York | 26.9% | 96.9% | 8.25% | 44.4% | 47.4% | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 76.4% | 34.3% | 32.0% | 77.2% | 22.8% | |||||||||||||
Québec | 0.462% | 6.48% | 44.1% | 28.1% | 20.7% | 0.145% | ||||||||||||
Manitoba | 43.2% | 44.5% | 12.3% | |||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 17.8% | 81.3% | 28.9% | 71.1% | ||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 1.03% | 100% | 26.0% | 74.0% | ||||||||||||||
Ontario | 2.30% | 48.4% | 40.0% | 11.6% | ||||||||||||||
California | 10.8% | 23.3% | 1.46% | 0.147% | 33.8% | 21.5% | 35.5% | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 0.397% | 79.0% | 21.0% | 98.0% | 2.00% | |||||||||||||
South Dakota | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 18.7% | 96.3% | 3.50% | 67.4% | 32.6% | |||||||||||||
Indiana | 44.2% | 92.1% | 7.40% | 53.3% | 46.7% | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 6.79% | 94.0% | 5.95% | 18.1% | 81.9% | |||||||||||||
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