oil spill
Oil Spill
Group 3
Vera Lois A. Decano
Kriceal Viz B. Saldon
Mia Tagle
Sam John F. Luison
Kathe Unabia
Chayya Margaret P. Golez
Dominic M. Concillo
Oil Spill
Introduction
In the recent years there have been occurrences of oil spills in several locations within our country. Knowing that these have adverse effects on our environment and the ecosystem as a whole, we’ve always been in search of ways to counter this major problem. The damages we receive from an oil spill far exceed our expectations. Once oil contaminates our waters it takes time to clean up.
A perfect example would be the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill that happened on March 23, 1989. It took the Exxon Valdez Company four summers to clean up the spill. It also took 10,000 workers, 1,000 boats, 100 airplanes, and the Navy, Army and Air Force to clean up all the oil. Moreover, imagine yourself as a whale. You go up the water to breathe only to see a stream of thick black oil coming your way. You go back under water only to find other animals dying one by one. These sea creatures that pass by these polluted waters die because of us. They suffer the consequences of our actions. In this regard we are presenting major facts concerning the effects and solutions of oil spills which will be detailed below.
Summary We all know that Oil Spills pose a threat to our ecosystem. These are the by-product of human activity wherein there has been a leakage of oil from ships, pipeline and offshore platforms. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are five categories of oil spills which are the following: very light oils, light oils, medium oils, heavy oils and very heavy oils.
Very light oils such as gasoline and jet fuel are extremely toxic to marine organisms but these kind of oil can evaporate rapidly in water so cleaning very light oil spills is unnecessary.
Light oils such as diesel leave remnants in our water. These have long–term consequences our ocean and it’s
Group 3
Vera Lois A. Decano
Kriceal Viz B. Saldon
Mia Tagle
Sam John F. Luison
Kathe Unabia
Chayya Margaret P. Golez
Dominic M. Concillo
Oil Spill
Introduction
In the recent years there have been occurrences of oil spills in several locations within our country. Knowing that these have adverse effects on our environment and the ecosystem as a whole, we’ve always been in search of ways to counter this major problem. The damages we receive from an oil spill far exceed our expectations. Once oil contaminates our waters it takes time to clean up.
A perfect example would be the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill that happened on March 23, 1989. It took the Exxon Valdez Company four summers to clean up the spill. It also took 10,000 workers, 1,000 boats, 100 airplanes, and the Navy, Army and Air Force to clean up all the oil. Moreover, imagine yourself as a whale. You go up the water to breathe only to see a stream of thick black oil coming your way. You go back under water only to find other animals dying one by one. These sea creatures that pass by these polluted waters die because of us. They suffer the consequences of our actions. In this regard we are presenting major facts concerning the effects and solutions of oil spills which will be detailed below.
Summary We all know that Oil Spills pose a threat to our ecosystem. These are the by-product of human activity wherein there has been a leakage of oil from ships, pipeline and offshore platforms. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are five categories of oil spills which are the following: very light oils, light oils, medium oils, heavy oils and very heavy oils.
Very light oils such as gasoline and jet fuel are extremely toxic to marine organisms but these kind of oil can evaporate rapidly in water so cleaning very light oil spills is unnecessary.
Light oils such as diesel leave remnants in our water. These have long–term consequences our ocean and it’s