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Bianca V. Crockett Gulf Oil spill-beaches

Oil that is leaking out from the wellhead is flowing out into the ocean and greatly affecting the beaches. A great amount of marine life and animals close to shore have been affected due to the tarry substance from the oil spill. Fishermen find it difficult to fish and the oil spill has a negative outcome for various other jobs that need the beaches. multiple beaches are littered with a mass amount of seaweed drenched in oil along with orange blobs scattered across the area. This aspect keeps animals that dwell along the land of the beach from living properly just as the animals that live in the ocean that are harmed by the oil spill.



The oil that is spread out in the ocean contains toxic that is dangerous to the marine life. A thin film is dispersed over the ocean and suffocates the sea organisms resulting in a massive amount of deaths. The oil has a huge impact on the external body of the sea creatures and can build up a toxic substance.The toxins in the oil can also have long term harm on the marine life by delaying the reproduction cycle, and also giving certain diseases that can be passed down the food chain. Bacteria is used by various ecologists to keep oil from being more harmful. This is because the oil can digest the toxins that thrive in the oil.

A very important matter is also how the ecosystems is greatly harmed. It is a major problem and has been thought of as a dilemma for clean up crews. It is hard to determine how to what extent, places such as the beaches that are affected by the oil spill should be cleaned up It is an issue as to how to keep the marine and sea life safe while still trying to set a foundation in preserving the life in the ecosystem.

sources: http://www.dogonews.com/ http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-oil-spills-affect-marine-life.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.brisbanetimes.com.