Exxon Valdez :: science

Exxon ValdezWhen people hear the phrase fossil oil spill they think a bunch of black stuff every in the water. Well there is a lot more to it then rightful(prenominal) that. It is an economical disaster as well as an environmental wholeness. As you read along you will see how devastating this one oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, really was compared to others. Whether you, as the reader believe it or just think it is something that is none of you concern and happened 10 years ago is whole up to you. I think that your mind will change after(prenominal) hearing all the facts. On the day of March 24, 1989 the oil oiler Exxon Valdez was afloat when it ran aground a reef in Prince William Sound, putting a gash in its hull. This gash bled out 11 million gallons of approximative oil. The oil covered roughly 10,000 sq. miles of water. This is the area of Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, and 25 Washington D.C.s combined In only a weeks duration the wind and current moved the oil 90 miles into the Gulf of Alaska. It bemire 1,500 miles of coast. This is like the shoreline of California. This oil as it moved through the water killed 300,000 ocean birds, 2,600 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, and perhaps millions and millions of lean. Of the 23 studied species damage by the spill only 2 are said to be completely recovered. The 2 are the Bald Eagle and the River Otter. Some convey no recovery at all. Of these that havent recovered at all are the Harbor Seal, Harlequin Ducks, Pacific Herring, Cormorants, and even definite whales. If people were familiar with some of the clean up that went on, they would probably opine that cleaning of all those ducks. Well I hate to tell you scarce it was useless. Some of them died 5 days after they were released. Scientists now know that the oil is 100 times more toxic then primitively thought. Even a minuet amount can cause deformities in fish like an extra fin.