Ogburn, William - (1886â1959) A sociologist who coined the popular term culture lag, which refers to the tendency of changes in nonmaterial culture to happen more slowly than those in material culture.
BP oil spill: The environmental impact one year on. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people and resulted in 4.9m barrels of oil being discharged, threatening marine life and hundreds of miles of coastline.
Oil is burned off the surface of the water near the source of Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, July 13, 2010. Oil is burned off the surface of the water near the source of Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano. Tuesday, July 20, 2010.  Pelicans and other birds fly near a boom protecting against oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill off Racoon Island near Cocodrie, Louisiana July 15, 2010.