the cause and effects of Oil Spills

Running head: OIL SPILLS

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Oil Spills

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Introduction:

Oil spills are a serious problem all over the world. It is widely known that oil is the very important resources in human daily life. In this research paper, I will discuss how government and environment scientists have to solve this situation. Billions of dollars are lost and it is an oil spill disaster management so as to rehabilitate the environment. Many countries are focusing on finding a safer ways to transfer oil between countries and remedy the spills. As a worldwide problem, the public should pay more attention to the consequence of oil spills, to prevent the advance effects and seek a preventative measure of the long-term effects associated with oil spills.

Thesis statement: Oil spills cause both short-term and long-term environmental destruction, some of the effects of oil spills can be long-lasting. This research paper looks into the cause and effects of Oil Spills

Cause and Effect Pattern, Problem

Oil spills in water bodies such as rivers, lakes bays and ocean or along the pipelines are usually as a result of accidents which may involve oil tankers, breakage or linkages on the pipeline storage facilities or accidents on the drilling rigs. More often than not these spills are caused by human errors or negligence during operations sometimes equipment’s may break down resulting in oil spillage. Another cause of oil spillage is natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. When they occur they result in massive destruction of the oil storage and drilling facilities. More often than not, a majority of oil transportation facility does not withstand the impact of earthquakes hence they break down causing spillage. In recent years there have been reported spillages caused by deliberate acts e.g. by terrorism, war and vandalism. Illegal dumping of used engine oil and grease has also emerged as a major cause of oil spills.

Oil spills have two major categories of effects namely economic and environmental effects the effects are similar for both patterns only that the large spills have a far-reaching effect. To begin with, we shall look at the environmental effects. Oil spill covers the shoreline with oil residue, as a result, it becomes difficult for plants to thrive. When it occurs on the land, it covers plants, therefore, hindering transpiration as a result plants wither off and die. Aquatic animals choked to death. When the pattern is large the young once of wildlife animals may starve to death because the oil covers there skin making it hard for the mothers to detect their natural smell. Marine oil spills destroy plankton and collar reefs (Ramseur, 2015).