Alpaca Fleece: Gulf Oil Spill

In an attempt to clean up, the dispersant “Corexit 9580” was developed and although it assisted in cleanup, it was not tested for toxicity and caused the aforementioned blood and organ disorders that cleanup crews subsequently experienced. Mechanical cleanup was initiated using booms and skimmers, but proved to not be very effective as the thick oil and kelp tended to often clog the equipment. High pressure hot water was also used to remove the oil but was discontinued because it kept on destroying microorganisms and disrupting the food chain and preventing biodegradation.

Oil spills happens every year through cleaning of tankers. These spills contribute more petro-pollutants to the ocean than offshore rig blowouts though less attention is generated when compared to blowouts of oil rigs (Nadakavukaren, 2006). Whenever there is a rig blowout or tanker spill, far more attention is attracted as in the case of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is an oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico with oil spilling for three months in 2010. This spill generated a lot of attention and the EPA is monitoring the air, water, sediments and waste management data so as to protect people from this environmental disaster “The EPA has an active oil spill prevention program which focuses

There have been many oil spills in the ocean, some big and some small. All of these oil spills have had a huge effect on the wildlife in the ocean. The oil from the oil rig stays on the surface of the water because oil is less dense than the water, this causes the oil to just float cause it can't go anywhere else and it won't mix in with the water. This is harmful in so many different ways to the life in the ocean. The oil can prevent sunlight from penetrating the surface, which can cause it to be dark under the surface. The oil also can cover thousands of birds, mammals, and sea turtles. When birds land in the water they become covered in oil. The oil ruins the insulating and waterproofing properties of the fur and feathers, and without feathers

Literature suggest that the essential management practices to follow when responding to an Oil Spill is to dispose of oil spill debris with the aim of

An oil spill is not just a splatter of grease, it’s an accident in which oil has come out of a ship and caused pollution, according to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and Thesaurus. In the film, How to Let Go of the World and Love All Things Climate Can’t Change it focus’ on this issue where the oil company came in and spilling tons of oil throughout the Amazonian Rainforest, spreading two km. The indigenous people who lived there go out there every day to help cleanup all this oil that has been spilled. Knowing the crude oil is highly dangerous when it comes in contact with the skin, the helpers are lacking proper safety equipment which can cause poisoning and burns. The community members should not be the ones cleaning up the mess this oil company has caused.

Help, help, that's all our animals are trying to say is help. Oil spills are one of the many ways that environments are destroyed and animals are killed. Don't you want a world where animals can live in peace? Marlee Matlin, once said “ The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth”. The earth is not ours, It's not ours to hurt and destroy , we are in no position to be making tiny careless mistakes that are killing animals!

In the event of an oil spill, there are animals that may be affected. They can lose their homes and require the help of humans to survive. For example, during the BP Oil Spill of 2010, over eight hundred animals (including birds, turtles, and mammals) were found dead as a result of the spill. Some of these animals were already on the endangered species list. It took over 30,000 people to help them. Oil can also

In Santa Barbara, California, in 1969, even though the spilled oil was not even very large, thousands of dolphins, seals, and birds were killed (Ivanovich, and Hays, 2008). Moreover, in the Gulf of Mexico, 82,000 birds, roughly 6,165 sea turtles, approximately 25,900 marine mammals, and indefinite amount of oysters, fishes, corals, and crabs have been harmed or killed by the spilled oil. Additionally, the spilled has killed many aquatic plants. ( A Center for Biological Diversity Report, 2008). As a result, vegetation, which are the most essential part of the ecological pyramid, and other animals will be affected negatively by the dangerous impact of the spilled oil, which probably is going to cause some problems in the ecological pyramid. In fact, any defect in the ecological pyramid may become a dreadful problem that occurs an ecological

Another way is containing the spill with a boom and just burning the oil. This is normally done with smaller oil spills but the fire can be for the environment. Oil spills cause a major hazard to creatures such as marine life and birds. Oil destroys the insulating ability of fur-bearing mammals, such as sea otters, and the water-repelling abilities of a bird's feathers, thus exposing these creatures to the harsh elements. During most oil spills, seabirds are harmed and killed in greater numbers than other kinds of creatures. Oil penetrates bird’s feathers preventing them from flying and eating. Some birds try to remove the oil by ingesting it leading to severe damage in its organs. Also, the oil that is stuck to the feathers, causes them to mat and separate, impairing waterproofing and exposing the animal's sensitive skin to extremes in temperature. This can result in hypothermia, meaning the bird becomes cold, or hyperthermia, which results in overheating. Oil spills can also make adult fish may experience reduced growth, enlarged livers, changes in heart and respiration rates. Oil also adversely affects eggs and larval

Oil spill are defined as the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment. Oils spills are often caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs, and storage facilities. Which usually happens when people are careless, equipment breaking down, illegal dumping and unlikely events such us, a natural disaster like a hurricane. The effects of a little spill and a bigger spill is very different because a little spill in a situation may demonstrate considerably more hurtful than a bigger spill at some other time in another or even the same environment. Indeed, even little spills can have harmful impacts. Oil spills can influence creatures and plants in two courses: from the oil itself and from the reaction. Understanding both sorts of effects can help spill responders minimize general effects to biological groups and help them to recuperate substantially more rapidly. Spilled oil can hurt living things in light of the fact that its substance constituents are noxious. This can influence organic entities both from inner introduction to oil through ingestion or inward breath

Dangers caused by oil spill on human beings as well as flora and fauna has been discussed in detail in this paper. Also throwing some light on how to use protective gears to avoid contact with oil slick has been dealt in detail.

Oil is naturally in the marine environment. Oil seeps have been leaking large quantities of oil into the ocean for millions of years.

Oil is a natural resource obtained by drilling underground. It is used in a variety of ways in our daily lives; heating our homes, running automobiles, and being used as the topic of a college report.It has multiple roles in our daily lives being involved in heating our homes, running automobiles and providing a topic for college students to write a report on. Many parts of crude oil are not harmful to the environment but some parts of it are (4) It is composed of hydrocarbons. which naturally occur in nature, which means that there are naturally occurring microorganisms with the ability to break down these hydrocarbons. (8) That being the case, when large quantities of oil are unnaturally released into the environment it needs to be cleaned up in a timely manner so as to lessen the impact on animals living in the environment.

Oil spills also contain dispersed and emulsified hydrocarbon toxins. Oil spills can during any stage from extraction to usage and can have a large impact. For example, the 2010 BP deep-water mining accident released 4.9 billion barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 87 days [16-18]. When oil spills in a water body, a physicochemical changes occur which are referred to as weathering [19-23]. Weathering includes evaporation of volatiles components, dispersion of oil particles, dissolution, microbial degradation, emulsification, spreading, and photo-oxidation [24-26]. Weathering intensifies oil dissolution in seawater, causing severe damage to marine life from toxic components [27-30]. Effective in situ methods are needed to remove dissolved, dispersed and emulsified oil as a result of oil spills.

Oil contamination is devastating for an environment. The free release of oil into the water leads to a wide range of negative consequences, such as “the spread by wind and wave” (Bai & Bai, 2014, p. 363). The oil spillage from the Deepwater Horizon platform floating on the surface was spread by wind and sun, moving over the water’s surface. As a result, the oil spread affected the environment, including the wildlife.