Answering question number three, there is a website (http://www.epa.gov/oem/docs/oil/edu/oilspill_book/chap3.pdf_) that has all different types of cleaning methods. For example, biological agents.
To answer the last question, a website i found was http://blogs.edf.org/nanotechnology/2010/05/17/compounding-the-problem-why-aren%E2%80%99t-we-using-the-safest-and-most-effective-dispersants-in-the-gulf/?gclid=CNXqtPLQxqMCFQxubAod_0OhZA It's asking why we are not using the safest method.
I would like to answer your your 2nd question: There is a variety of animals that are effected. Yes, all sea life can be killed because they ingest the oil. Whales and dolphins are effected because of the way that they breathe. Predators can die by ingesting prey that is sick because of the oil. When the oil gets on the birds' feathers, and they clean themselves, the oil that is ingested kills them. The oil spill is affecting turtles too! They lay their eggs on the beach, but the beach is contaminated, so it is another obstacle that they have to get over. (The other one is predators) Turtles also can fall ill by breathing in the chemicals. I found this website that listed the 10 Animals that are most at risk from the Gulf Oil Spill. They are: 1)North Atlantic Blue Fin Tunas 2)Sea Turtles 3)Sharks 4)Marine Animals (such as whales and dolphins) 5)Brown Pelicans 6)Oysters 7)Shrimp and Blue Crab 8)Menhaden and marsh-dwelling fish 9)Beach nesting and migratory shorebirds 10)Migratory songbirds
Answering question number three, there is a website (http://www.epa.gov/oem/docs/oil/edu/oilspill_book/chap3.pdf_) that has all different types of cleaning methods. For example, biological agents.
ReplyDeleteTo answer the last question, a website i found was http://blogs.edf.org/nanotechnology/2010/05/17/compounding-the-problem-why-aren%E2%80%99t-we-using-the-safest-and-most-effective-dispersants-in-the-gulf/?gclid=CNXqtPLQxqMCFQxubAod_0OhZA It's asking why we are not using the safest method.
ReplyDeleteI would like to answer your your 2nd question:
ReplyDeleteThere is a variety of animals that are effected. Yes, all sea life can be killed because they ingest the oil. Whales and dolphins are effected because of the way that they breathe. Predators can die by ingesting prey that is sick because of the oil. When the oil gets on the birds' feathers, and they clean themselves, the oil that is ingested kills them. The oil spill is affecting turtles too! They lay their eggs on the beach, but the beach is contaminated, so it is another obstacle that they have to get over. (The other one is predators) Turtles also can fall ill by breathing in the chemicals. I found this website that listed the 10 Animals that are most at risk from the Gulf Oil Spill. They are:
1)North Atlantic Blue Fin Tunas
2)Sea Turtles
3)Sharks
4)Marine Animals (such as whales and dolphins)
5)Brown Pelicans
6)Oysters
7)Shrimp and Blue Crab
8)Menhaden and marsh-dwelling fish
9)Beach nesting and migratory shorebirds
10)Migratory songbirds
I hope this helped! :)