It’s Time for the World To Have an Oil Change Prepared by: Nathan Banasek Submitted to: Betty-Anne Schlender Date: November 15, 2013 COMM 1101 Section 107 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………...1 Environmental Impact…………………………………………….…….…2 Major Spills Occurring in Water………………………….………………4 Major Spills Occurring on Land………………………………………..…6 Cleaning up a Large Oil Spill…………………………………………...…7 What Can Be Changed…………………………………………………….9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………10
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How Does the BP Oil Spill Impact Wildlife and Habitat? Scientists are still assessing the effects of the estimated 170 million gallons of oil that flooded into the Gulf after the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig. More than 8,000 birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals were found injured or dead in the six months after the spill. Learn How Oil Impacts: * Birds * Mammals * Sea turtles and other reptiles * Fish and aquatic invertebrates * Wildlife Refuges The long-term
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In April of 2010 the Gulf of Mexico had one of the biggest oil spills in history. This catastrophic explosion that happened from BP was caused by offshore drilling and has managed to reach shore lines. This oil spill will affect us even after my generation is dead. It is even worse than the damage done by Exxon Valdez tanker that spilled 11 million gallons of oil."This event is a self-feeding fire," Charter said. "It is so big and expanding so fast that it's pretty much beyond human response that
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clean up oil spills because these oil spills killed hundreds of organisms that lived in the ocean, and if we have another devastating oil spill we’ll know how to clean it up better and faster, so that way animals that live in the ocean won’t die, like the ones that have in the past. So knowing how to clean up after an oil spill is important because if we didn’t then the animals in the sea would die, when they die there won’t be any sea food and the sea food that was there would be filled with oil, dirt
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effects it may have on the organization. ExxonMobil was formed in 1999 by a merger between Exxon and Mobil. It is a major United States producer of domestic oil production and is also involved in domestic petrochemicals and chemicals operations. They are strong competitors in the oil and gas industry with such rivals as Royal Dutch Shell and BP America. Over the years they have stayed committed to their explorations and development in the industry. In 2011 they achieved strong earnings and generated
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Microbes used in Oil Spill Cleanup Oil spills are very harmful to the environment and destroy coastal habitat and wildlife. Clean up and recovery from oil spills can be very difficult and costly. There are many factors to take into consideration when evaluating an oil spill such as what type of oil was spilled, water temperature, weather conditions, and the impact on the surrounding coastlines. A typical oil spill clean up approach is the controlled burn called IN-SITU
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Report of Oil Spill Simulation Experiment Introduction The effectiveness of controlling and cleaning up oil spills depends on various aspects. Type of oil, location of the spill, the materials and methods used to absorb the oil and etc. are all influence the result of cleaning up oil. In this report, type of oil and quantity of oil spills are controlled. Same materials and methods are used on two different simulate environments, Open Ocean and sandy beach. 50 mL of oil made from vegetable oil with a
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Bioremediation Methods for Oil Spills Contents I. Introduction II. History of Bioremediation 1. ‘Courtship’ Period (Pre-1989) 2. ‘Honeymoon’ Period (1989-1991) 3. ‘Establishment’ Period (since 1992) III. The Biological and Chemical Processes of Bioremediation 1. Biodegradation a. Biological Process b. Degrading Species c. Chemical Process d. Need for Bioremediation 2. Bioremediation a. Seeding with Microbial Cultures b. Environmental Modification
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是依赖原油生存的 油没了 细菌自然没法生存 所 以细菌不会 dominate 这个 marine ecosystem 2 关于富营养化 professor 首先肯定是 氮还有。。另外一种 。 物质 是会破坏 balance 但是 要平衡利弊 看看 traditional 的方式 效果慢 而且 exotic oil 也会杀死很多水中的生物 所以说 利大于 弊 再就说 marine ecosystem 有自己 reestablish（原文是这个词） 的能力 3 大公司不会 pay less attention to oil spill prevention, cause they will pay the penalty for pollution. 而且 如果有 oil spill 发生还 会破坏渔业 旅游业等等 都是经济损失 独立作文：现在的广告越来越不 honest 有的人说买产品的时 候可以忽略广告 问你怎么看这个观点 1. 给三个方案， 问你选择哪个， 为啥。1. 一个 recycle program， 2.教小孩子种菜， 3.教小孩子怎么吃饭更健康。 3
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organic pollutant such as oil contaminated this environment? Some of the microorganisms would die, while others capable of eating the organic pollution would survive. Bioremediation works by providing these pollution-eating organisms with fertilizer, oxygen, and other conditions that encourage their rapid growth. These organisms would then be able to break down the organic pollutant at a correspondingly faster rate. In fact, bioremediation is often used to help clean up oil spills. Bioremediation of a
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