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OIL SPILLS

By Nick White and Brandon Beane

OIL SPILLS ARE OCCURRING ALL OVER THE WORLD .

And they are affecting nature!

Birds

Hermit crabs

27 oil spills occur daily.

Some are big,

And some are small.

BETWEEN 1967 AND 1989, THE FIFTEEN LARGEST OIL SPILLS SPEWED OVER 14,000,000 BARRELS OF OIL INTO THE SEAS AND LAND.

Animals obviously don’t like that.

THAT’S MORE THAN THE FIFTEEN LARGEST OIL SPILLS OF 1967-1989!ABOUT 129,000,000 GALLONS MORE

In 1979 the Ixtoc oil refinery drilled

into a oil pool releasing

140,000,000 gallons of oil.

THE GULF OIL RIG THAT SANK IN APRIL 20 2010 LEAKED FOR 89 DAYS AND IS THE WORLDS LARGEST ACCIDENTAL RELEASE OF OIL.

IF WE DON’T ACT SOON THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME A OIL SPILL FILLED WASTELAND

You may even see less beach and more of this.

Unique species could turn extinct by getting hypothermia.

Like the pelican and the sea otters

OIL SPILLS AFFECT US TOO.

When oil spills occur oil toxins fly in the air we breath in!

BUT THEY ARE INEFFECTIVE IN MOST CASES DUE TO OIL

HARDENING AND SINKING TO THE OCEAN FLOOR.

Booms are used to clean up some oil from spills.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP

YOU CAN TELL YOUR PARENTS TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS TO REDUCE THE USE OF OIL.

YOU COULD DONATE

MONEY TO HELP

PREVENT OIL SPILLS.

YOU COULD RIDE A

BIKE INSTEAD OF

DRIVING A CAR

You could remodel your house to use

electricity instead of

gas.

If you have to drive a car, drive a hybrid.

IF WE ALL DO THOSE LITTLE THINGS WE COULD HELP PREVENT OIL FROM BEING SHIPPED OR DRILLED.

And we can help make beautiful places like this stay beautiful.

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IF WE TRY, WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Works Cited • "Educator Resources: Oil Spills." National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/>. • "Layers of Life." National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/diagram/layers-of-life/>. • Nardo, Don. Oil Spills. San Diego California: Lucent, 1991. Print. • "Oil Spill Activity: Sea Turtles and the Oil Spill." National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr.

2012. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/activity/turtles-and-oil/>. • "Oil Spill Activity: Simulate an Oil Spill Cleanup." National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr.

2012. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/activity/oil-spill-cleanup/>. • "Oil Spills and Pollution." Green Living on National Geographic . National Geographic. Web. 06 Apr. 2012.

<http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/oil-spill-cause-pollution-3082.html>. • Talen, Maria. Ocean Pollution. San Diego: Lucent, 1991. Print.

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