Have you ever stopped to think that oil is so incorporated into our daily lives that we are consuming too much? Oil ranks as the number one item traded around the world, and in just one day, we consume approximately 80 million barrels of oil! That is a lot!
This is the reason behind why people refer to oil as “black gold” as we know that our oil supplies will not last forever and that it raises the gas emissions levels leading to problems such as global warming and climate change yet we continue to have rising demands for this ‘essential.’ Stuffing large amounts of food into yourself isn’t healthy, likewise, using oil in excess is not good either. Many of us are unaware or simply do not care, but this is definitely a red flag to our planet. …show more content…
Mercury levels were measured at 89 different sites, with the highest mercury concentrations at 15 sites within or nearby the oil sands region. The most dangerous form of mercury; methylmercury, can be absorbed by both plants and animals and is a bioaccumulative environmental toxicant which is, of course, harmful as chronic exposure can even lead to brain damage. ABMI reports that the black-throated green warbler, a songbird apparently isn’t faring very well because of all this, along with several other organisms (one-flowered wintergreen, brown creeper, moose, caribou, owls, wolves, deer, black bears, only to name a few). This is a major concern in the oil sands’ ecosystems as everything in the food web is interconnected so things can go down the drain quickly (from bioaccumulation and bioamplification), and for that, action must be taken immediately before things get out of …show more content…
According to the National Academy of Sciences, most of the oil in the oceans are directly a result of human activity. Each year, up to approximately 700 million gallons of oil wind up into the seas because of it. Of course, we would not deliberately hurl barrels of oils into the oceans – it all comes down to money… commercial ships illegally dump oil into the waters so that their tanks are emptied, saving both time and money. Oil destroys the insulation of furred animals (eg. sea otters) and water repellency of birds’ feathers which expose these animals to the cold water resulting in death, or near death from hypothermia. Also, when cleaning themselves, animals often unknowingly ingest the oil which could possibly poison them. Other nuisances involve: enlarged livers, change in heart and respiration rates, reproduction impairment, fin erosion and reduced growth in fish. Correspondingly, egg and larval survival is then
This is the reason behind why people refer to oil as “black gold” as we know that our oil supplies will not last forever and that it raises the gas emissions levels leading to problems such as global warming and climate change yet we continue to have rising demands for this ‘essential.’ Stuffing large amounts of food into yourself isn’t healthy, likewise, using oil in excess is not good either. Many of us are unaware or simply do not care, but this is definitely a red flag to our planet. …show more content…
Mercury levels were measured at 89 different sites, with the highest mercury concentrations at 15 sites within or nearby the oil sands region. The most dangerous form of mercury; methylmercury, can be absorbed by both plants and animals and is a bioaccumulative environmental toxicant which is, of course, harmful as chronic exposure can even lead to brain damage. ABMI reports that the black-throated green warbler, a songbird apparently isn’t faring very well because of all this, along with several other organisms (one-flowered wintergreen, brown creeper, moose, caribou, owls, wolves, deer, black bears, only to name a few). This is a major concern in the oil sands’ ecosystems as everything in the food web is interconnected so things can go down the drain quickly (from bioaccumulation and bioamplification), and for that, action must be taken immediately before things get out of …show more content…
According to the National Academy of Sciences, most of the oil in the oceans are directly a result of human activity. Each year, up to approximately 700 million gallons of oil wind up into the seas because of it. Of course, we would not deliberately hurl barrels of oils into the oceans – it all comes down to money… commercial ships illegally dump oil into the waters so that their tanks are emptied, saving both time and money. Oil destroys the insulation of furred animals (eg. sea otters) and water repellency of birds’ feathers which expose these animals to the cold water resulting in death, or near death from hypothermia. Also, when cleaning themselves, animals often unknowingly ingest the oil which could possibly poison them. Other nuisances involve: enlarged livers, change in heart and respiration rates, reproduction impairment, fin erosion and reduced growth in fish. Correspondingly, egg and larval survival is then