HOT NEWS ON OIL SPILLAGE & ITS EFFECTS

Recently also a great disaster took place which caused pollution to both air & water. 

Ya you might have guessed it right, INS Vindhyagiri, a naval ship which collided yesterday with a merchant ship & caught fire.




This will affect the environment in various ways. 

The affect will  be felt by the marine life surrounding it.

Also might cause death of many marine organisms in and around this oil spread area. 

This might even enter the food chain & get circulated through our food chain.


Along with this marine problem, another thing to worry about this is, it will pollute the air, as its burning. 

This burning release of various toxic gases into the atmosphere. 

Also this in turn increase the global temperature, leading to global warming.




As it is predicted that if the emission of such gases goes at this rate, then the global temperature is expected to rise by 2.5 degree C at the mid of this decade. 

This might even rise to 3 degree or even more by the end of this decade.




So its our responsibility to save our earth & natural resources.

CONTRIBUTION OF OIL SPILLAGE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

• Oil spillage has various adverse affects on the living organisms on this globe. 
• The affects may be classified into two main categories
• Short term
• Long term
• Source for this oil:
• Damaged oil tankers
• Damged pipelines
• Many other human activities
• Effects:


• Marine eco-system is hamppered
• Damages beaches, marshlands
• It enters the food chain and remains for long period in this globe affecting various living organisms
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• What happens when oil spills?
• The main thing is that it will act as an covering sheet over the ocean or any water body, which wont allow the sun rays deep into the water body.
• This in turn will cause death of various marine flora & fauna which are at the deepr part of the water body.
• These dead matter will increase in the water body which absorbs ample amount of oxygen & liberates carbon dioxide in the water.
• Therefore due to lack of proper oxygen supply the whole marine ecosystem will be disturbed greatly.
• Along with this, the birds, animals & humans who consume such affected products will thus be affected. This will continue in the food chain, there by causing huge loss.
• This way we will lose various ecosystem, rare species, beaches etc.

Major Problems Faced by Our Earth

1. Deforestation
2. Desertification
3. Over harvesting
4. Greenhouse effect 
5. Habitat destruction & alteration  
6. Coral bleaching 
7. Ozone depletion 
8. Drought...