Question

Pollution caused by oil spills in seas write 10 lines on it

Answer 1

Answer:

Oil spill is a release of oil into the environment, either leaked or discharged from a ship, lorry, truck etc." or " an accidental release of oil into a body of water, as from a tanker, offshore drilling rig, or underwater pipeline, often presenting a hazard to marine life and the environment. ".

Causes-

1. It happens on the land or sea because of the leaks from ships, wells, pipelines and other carriers of the oil.
2. It can be caused by some accidents which include tankers, refineries and drilling rigs.
3. It can be caused by the storage facilities.

Effects-

• It affects the food chain of the whole ecosystem.

• When oil spills occur, it will break down a moderate amount of oil and deposit on the bottom.  

• When oil spreads in the ocean, it breaks and sinks into the ocean which deteriorates the health of the ocean life.

• It contaminates the natural habitat of the ocean.

Answer 2

Oil spills include any spill of crude oil or oil distilled products (e.g., gasoline, diesel fuels, jet fuels, kerosene, Stoddard solvent, hydraulic oils, lubricating oils) that can pollute the surface of the land, air, and water environments. Oil spill pollution may comprise a variety of amounts starting with one or more gallons of oil and up to millions or even hundreds of millions of gallons spilled. The term is usually associated with the oil spills in the ocean and coastal waters.

 

Oil Spill Pollution refers to the negative polluting effects that oil spills have on the environments and living organisms, including humans, due to the environmental discharge of various organic compounds that make up crude oil and oil distillate products, the majority of which include various individual hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are made exclusively from carbon and hydrogen atoms which bind together in various ways, resulting in paraffins (or normal alkanes), isoparaffins (isoalkanes), aromatics (such as benzene or various PAHs), cycloalkanes and unsaturated alkanes (alkenes and alkynes). Other individual compounds that are present in crude oil and oil discharges include (apart from carbon and hydrogen) sulfur, nitrogen and/or oxygen atoms.