Power of Data Visualization

The oil spill is now on track to be the 3rd worst in history, depositing the equivalent of 22,000 cars worth of oil into the sea every day.

BP's "Top Kill" effort appears to have stopped more oil from pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. We can only hope. The infographic below sheds some perspective on the magnitude of this major economical disaster. Share with anyone else who is also environmentally conscious.

A very interesting, day-by-day look at how the spill has grown and moved over the last month or so. Really gives you a feeling for the incredible size of this disaster and how much land and ocean have been tainted.

The map sequence shows how the oil spill is spreading in the Gulf of Mexico.

It's estimated that at least 5 million gallons of oil (and now looking like probably much, much more) will have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the explosion that occurred April 20 at the Deepwater Horizon station.

Gulf oil spill by the numbers

An infographic to help you understand the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico and the incredible costs that will affect us all.

BP has released this infographic, Relief Wells & Subsea Containment, showing how they plan to seal the oil well leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the current progress at 8,788ft.

BP originally estimated that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill would be contained with robotic submarines, however early attempts to contain the oil spill failed. Now BP and the Obama administration are left with an ever-worsening environmental catastrophe and a spiralling clean-up bill that runs into billions of dollars.

You may have heard about BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico over the past few days. This is a visual representation of just how much it's costing BP (and the rest of the world).