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Oil is harmful to the environment every step of the way. It leaks from pipelines, spills from ships, creates smog in our cities, and is heating up our planet. ... Every year millions of gallons of oil enters the ocean from routine ship and car maintenance, off shore oil drilling operations and ship spills.
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www.greenpeace.org/international/news/recent-oil-spills
www.greenpeace.org/international/news/recent-oil-spills
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Many people don’t realize all the animals in the ocean that oil spills affect. Plankton, larval fish, and bottom dwelling organisms are strongly affected. Even seaweed, clams, oysters, and mussels can be affected by oil spills.
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library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/oil_spills.htm
library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/oil_spills.htm
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Nevertheless, all oil spills have an impact on marine organisms, and oil from open ocean spills can end up contaminating beaches hundreds of miles away. Oil spills can harm marine life in three different ways, by poisoning after ingestion, by direct contact and by destroying habitats.
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www.chennaionline.com/science/Environment/oilspills.asp
www.chennaionline.com/science/Environment/oilspills.asp
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Ixtoc I oil well, S Gulf of Mexico Jun 3, 1979 Blowout 600 000 ... Nowruz oil field, Persian Gulf Feb 1983 Blowout 600 000 ... Onshore oil spills & Ocean oil spills: name · place · date · cause · tons · December 8, 2009, 28:29 GMT; ASTROLOGYWEEKLY; astrologyweekly.com;
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www.astrologyweekly.com/data-archive/onshore-ocean-oil-...
www.astrologyweekly.com/data-archive/onshore-ocean-oil-spills.php
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Crude oil from the Sea Empress tanker spill coats a beach at Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1996. Although marine transportation accidents can result in such oil spills, they account for only about 5 percent of the waste oil that enters the ocean annually.
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www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Oil-Spills-Impact-on-th...
www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Oil-Spills-Impact-on-the-Ocean.html
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Oil spills into rivers, bays, and the ocean are caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, and storage facilities, usually while the oil is being transported to us, its users (as in the photo at right, which shows a supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, sinking off the coast of France in 1978).
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response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/spills.html
response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/spills.html
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Information for students and teachers interested in ocean and coastal issues. ... Inspiring Students and Teachers Information and activities for students and teachers who'd like to learn more about oil spills or hazardous chemical accidents.
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response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/kids.html
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soconnell.web.wesleyan.edu/ees106/lecture_notes/chapter...
soconnell.web.wesleyan.edu/ees106/lecture_notes/chapter_16/tsld002.htm
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Dr. Anil K. Kulkarni, professor of mechanical engineering, says, "Oil spill combustion can be a highly effective clean up measure for contained spills occurring on open water bodies, such as an oil spill on the ocean contained by booms or a spill surrounded by ice.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010615071546.htm
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