Question

write a four page paper on oil spills from the 1970's to present and consequences on vegetation, flora, humans etc

Answer 1

The way oil is spilling in our oceans is largely affecting the ecology and its various stakeholders. It begins right from the 1970s and it is continuously progressing in such a way that it is affecting the coastal regions of the world and especially in the Middle-eastern part of the world and the coastal regions of Canada. Some of the major reasons for the oil spills are as follows:

• It is by human negligence
• Sometimes, it is by the explosions in the oil tankers while moving through the ocean as well as near the coasts
• Most importantly, the main factor is the war between nations which led to the huge amount of oil spills in the oceans and many other reasons.

Some of the major consequences on vegetation, flora, humans are as follows:

• First and foremost, it is affecting the marine life of the ocean in a greater way.
• Marine animals like sea otters, whales, etc, are losing their pristine natural world by this oil spill.
• It affects the survival of marine animals and they became suffering from hypothermia.
• It makes the marine animal's body smooth which affects their swimming process inside the ocean.
• Oil spills also affecting humans indirectly by the consumption of seafood that are contaminated by oil spills.
• Most importantly, it affects the coastal region by contaminating both the beaches and the water and it is very much dangerous to take a bath in this water.
• It is affecting the behaviors of the marine animals that alters their life patterns and it will affect the future generations also.
• Mangroves and Coral reefs are damaged by the oil spills in the larger way and many more.