Oil spills are one of the most disastrous types of sea pollution caused mainly due to humans. Oil spills mainly occurring during transportation have a harmful effect on the marine life. This is the main type of marine pollution disturbing the natures cycle by affecting the aquatic flora and ...
Oil spills (泄漏) are harmful to ocean life. Lately, after an oil spill in the Australian waters, scientists said that the oil was making the life of the little blue penguins in the south of Australia. A penguin has shiny feathers (羽毛) that are covered in natural oils. The feathers ...
The full story of what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico is yet to emerge, there are rumours of more spills and an ongoing coverup [15]. The site represents a $2.2 trillion source of wealth and power, a motive along with a plethora of suspicious activity that needs to be investigated...
Oil spills pose the greatest threat to birds and marine life. When oil coats birds’ plumage, it impacts their ability to insulate and they ingest harmful toxins while preening. Since oil floats on water, large patches of oil on lakes and oceans minimize sunlight, destroy plant life and ...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Oil spills can be very harmful to marine birds and mammals as well as fish and shellfish U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: The Behavior and Effects of Oil Spills in Aquatic Environments
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The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oil have harmful consequences that include being teratogenic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic. Additionally, oil spills may adversely affect humans and the environment by getting into the food chain directly or indirectly. Since removing oil from the soil is an ...
oil can smother and kill marine life. Even less-than-lethal exposure levels can have long-term effects on marine animals' ability to feed and reproduce. Oil spills in open water can contaminate the marine food chain at the most basic levels and cause a deadly domino effect on larger species...
Levels of arsenic considered harmful tohealthwere not found in any of the participants. "The oil spills may be the source of exposure to these metals, although other sources cannot be ruled out, particularly in the case of mercury, which is also associated with other common activities in the...
Oil spills present the potential for enormous harm to deep ocean and coastal fishing and fisheries. The immediate effects of toxic and smothering oil waste may be mass mortality and contamination of fish and other food species, but long-term ecological effects may be worse. Oil waste poisons the...