Oil PollutionOil Pollution

Savia IakovouSavia Iakovou Julia AntoniouJulia Antoniou

How is oil formed?How is oil formed?

Where is oil produced?Where is oil produced?

Uses of oilUses of oil To fuel:To fuel: Our airplanesOur airplanes Cars and trucksCars and trucks To heat our homesTo heat our homes To make products like medicines To make products like medicines

and plasticand plastic The worst impacts from oil use is The worst impacts from oil use is

during shipping.during shipping.

How much?How much?According to the web site www.ucsusa.orgAccording to the web site www.ucsusa.org

66006600 tankers tankers

524 524 billionbillion gallons per year gallons per year

That’s That’s 1.4 billion1.4 billion every every dayday!!

Pollution Pollution gallons per year

Exxon ValdezExxon Valdez Prince William Sound, Alaska, on Prince William Sound, Alaska, on

March 24, 1989March 24, 1989

Spilled 10.8 million U.S. gallons Spilled 10.8 million U.S. gallons (about 40 million liters)(about 40 million liters)

covered 1,300 square miles covered 1,300 square miles (3,400 km2) of ocean.(3,400 km2) of ocean.

After EffectsAfter Effects storm pushed fresh oil onto the rocky shoresstorm pushed fresh oil onto the rocky shores Thousands of animals died immediatelyThousands of animals died immediately

250,000-500,000 seabirds250,000-500,000 seabirds 1,000 sea otters 1,000 sea otters

300 harbor seals300 harbor seals 250 bald eagles250 bald eagles 22 orcas22 orcas

Destruction of billions Destruction of billions salmonsalmon herring eggs.herring eggs.

SolutionsSolutions MARPOL (MARPOL (for MARine POLlution) for MARine POLlution)

Oil clings to hairOil clings to hair

Safer oil tankers Safer oil tankers

BibliographyBibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Exxon_Valdez_oil_spillExxon_Valdez_oil_spill http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/

ASF14/1401.htmlASF14/1401.html http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/

OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.htmlperil_oil_pollution.html

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