Bp Oil Spill

E > H > B The Oil Spill, due to the mismanaged oil drilling by British Petroleum (BP), in the Gulf of Mexico, has turned into one of the worst environmental disasters to happen to an ocean ecosystem of all time. Although many people only notice the effects on the hydrosphere, which include the oil going almost a mile deep under the sea, destroying the sediment and rock on the ocean floor, as well as disrupting coastal patterns, many have not realized the drastic effects on the biosphere because of this catastrophic event. The BP oil spill is viewed as the largest decimation of ocean wild life known to man, as well as also killing human lives in the process. Entire ecosystems have been affected in the process, harming animals like whales, dolphins, fish species, pelicans, seagulls, sea turtles, etc., several of which are already endangered. This destruction of wildlife has also lead to a slowdown in many fishing industries, further affecting human life, and causing severe poverty for those who rely on such business to survive. Even if some of the animals did survive, the trauma faced from this experience will lead to reproductive problems, or most likely, death. Even though life is returning back to the Gulf, the damage done can never be replaced, and the area will never be the same.

H > E > B Because of this oil spill, the ocean and the wild life that relies on the area took a major hit, and the environment remains in constant turmoil. The main sphere affected was the hydrosphere, which in turn, affected the ocean currents, and in turn, affected the climates of the area. Because the oil sank so far below the surface of the water (almost a mile below), it basically acted like the water of the area. Not only have this, but the climates of the area, because of the lack of wildlife, and increased carbon in the water, increased global climate change tenfold. Legislation attempting to address the effects of climate change has been a long