An oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year. Provides a scientific basis for the cleanup and for the assessment of oil spills. Saving animals from oil spills is my favorite non fiction book. List of books and articles about oil pollution online research.
The effects of oil spills are worse when the site is near coastal communities. Jul 16, 2016 since oil floats, fish and other marine animals are not generally affected to the same extent as airbreathing vertebrates. The book from the letsreadandfindout science series begins with the events of the exxon valdez oil spill and the damage it caused. Causes range from consumers who spill oil when filling their cars with gas to highprofile oil industry. The hebei spirit oil spill hsos in december 7, 2007, was the worst oil spill recorded in korea, with the release of approximately 10,900 tons of crude oil and 375 km of coastline polluted along the west coast of korea.
Deep oil spills facts, fate, and effects steven murawski springer. Scientists are learning the best ways to combat oil spills. Precious few of the books on the spill question the fundamental premise that it was the worst environmental disaster in u. The largest oil spills in history mnn mother nature. Its a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. Each anthology is composed of a wide spectrum of sources written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective fields. The book includes interviews with experts and a kidfriendly explanation of why oil is so important to our country. Oil spills, like the one involving british petroleum in 2010, can be devastating to our environment, costly, and deadly to marine life and birds.
For example, after the exxon valdez oil spill in prince william sound on the southern coast of alaska in 1989, 395 loon carcasses all loon species combined were retrieved field et al. A number are heartwarming stories about wildlife speaking about their experience in oil and the nice people who captured, cleaned, and released them. Oil spills are one of the worst environmental disasters. Shorelines are typically teeming with species that flourish on the waters surface, including birds, sea otters, fish, and invertebrates. The book starts off by talking about the awful oil spill from the exxon valdez tanker ship. There are also ways to help prevent such disasters from happening in the future. The deepwater horizon oil spill also referred to as the bp oil spill, oil leak, or oil disaster. It continues with information about cleaning up and preventing oil spills. This book is about oil spills, pollution to the earths environment, the only known place where people, plants and animals can live.
Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling. Nanotechnology may hold some promise for helping clean up such spills more quickly and efficiently. If you want to know all about the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico, scholastic has the book for you. Oil harms plants and wildlife that make the oceans and coastlines their home. Some books place oil spills in the context of our heavy reliance on oil, but many ignore why theres so much oil being transported in the first place. Mit researchers report that they have developed a nanomaterial that can absorb as much as 20.
A plan to clean up an oil spill in san francisco by using bugs meant to digest the fuel goes horribly wrong. The deepwater horizon oil spill blowout did much to change the perception of oil spills as coming just from tanker accidents, train derailments, and pipeline ruptures. Paul mirocha has illustrated several books for children, including melvin bergers letsreadandfindoutscience book, oil spill. A number of deep oil spills are simulated with detailed computer models, and the likely effects of the spills and potential mitigation measures used to combat them are compared. It also highlights ways scientists clean up both small and large oil spills. Roma gans is an expert in early childhood education, professor emeritus of teachers college.
Jun 27, 2011 welcome to harriets home at sea, a unique and educational picture book. Explains why oil spills occur and how they are cleaned up and suggests strategies for preventing them in the future. Recommended changes in policies governing marine oil exploration and development are proposed, as well as additional research to close critical and emerging knowledge gaps. Hardtofind guide to establishing contingency plans for oil spills in the arctic environment. It also has a section telling kids how to help reduce the usage of oil, indirectly reducing the amount of oil spills.
Oil spill science and technology 2nd edition elsevier. Authors representing academic, government, and private researcher groups from 14 countries bring a diverse and global perspective to this volume. I highly recommend it and the pictures and content are relevant for elementary age children. Sep 15, 20 the book provides a fascinating insight into a world that very few of us know about a realm of danger, naked ambition and risk taking, and shirked responsibilities. As the bp oil spill civil trial begins this week, the federal government will attempt to prove whether british petroleum bp andor any of its contractors such as transocean rig, the owner and operator of the deepwater horizon oil rig, and halliburton hal, which was responsible for pouring the cement plugs in the well, were grossly negligent and thus financially liable in causing. What is the best book to read about the deepwater horizon. Oil spill cleanup experiment little bins for little hands. Covers the science of oil spills from risk analysis to cleanup and through the effects on the environment includes case studies examining and analyzing spills, such as tasman spirit oil spill on the karachi coast, and provides lessons to prevent these in the future. Oil spill animated short film 2014 global awareness. It goes on to describe different ways that oil spills can occur.
The devastating impact of the gulf oil spill by antonia juhasz. Little black book of oil spill response contractors. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. This is a reversechronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spills that are currently ongoing. Agenda setting, public policy, and focusing events by thomas a. However, if the spills are in shallow or confined waters, or if dispersal agents cause a lot of oil to reach the sea floor, huge damage can be caused to these species. Oil spill effects ocean pollution marine life impact law.
There is a section discussing what students can do to help and another that gives an historical overview of other oil spills. Melvin berger is the author of many classic lrfos, including germs make me sick. A timeframe production c 2014 a short animated flash film taking on the social message of the cause and effect of oil spill on the environment. Handbook of oil spill science and technology wiley. One books color drawings show oil spill cleanup methods so well you can actually see how they workand which mearns thinks could even be used in trainings on oil spill science. Heres the absolute best explanation of how and why it happened. Oil spill environmental forensics case studies includes 34 chapters that serve to present various aspects of environmental forensics in relation to realworld oil spill case studies from around the globe. Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s, chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration and production on continental shelves and the use of supertankers capable of transporting more.
The book follows several characters as they try and survive, defend themselves, and return to some semblance of civilization in a postpetrol world. Oil destroys the insulating ability of furbearing mammals, such as sea otters, and the water repellency of a birds feathers, thus. Kenneth kertell, in the natural history of an arctic oil field, 2000. This eyeopening oil spill activity will sure to be a hit with your kids, ocean science never goes out of style. Berger and mirocha focus on one of the worst spills in historythe 1989 exxon valdez oil tanker spill to explain in simple terms and with bold, full color illustrations why oils spills.
This book focuses on one of the worst spills in history, the exxon valdez oil tanker spill, to explain in simple terms and with bold, fullcolor illustrations why oil spills happen, how they are cleaned up and what effects spilled oil has on our ocean plants and wildlife. Once upon a time there was a dolphin named delilah. Next to that diagram is an underwater photographs that shows oil and gas leaking at the site of the deepwater horizon spill. African penguins seriously affected by oil spills penguins. This big idea is made tangible for kids with an easy oil spill experiment. Oil spills frequently kill marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, seals, and sea otters. Burning oil on land or wetlands is a technique that can reduce the environmental impact of oil spills. List of books and articles about oil pollution online. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. On april 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon, operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. The deepwater horizon oil spill blowout did much to change the perception of oil spills as coming just from tanker accidents, train derailments. Response to marine oil spills, 2nd edition number of pages. Oil spill environmental forensics case studies 1st edition.
As previously described, when oil is present in the environment, it is either dispersed in the top layer of the water littoral zone or remains on the surface and, consequently, on the coastal areas. These include topics such as oil emulsion formation, oil evaporation, treating agent testing and use, studies of oil analysis and fingerprinting, insitu burning of oil, oil spill remote sensing, and personal protection equipment. The 2010 deepwater horizon bp oil spill was a megadisaster characterized as the petroleum industrys largestvolume marine oil spill in history. Describes how oil spills occur, how they affect the environment, and how they can be cleaned up and prevented. Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year. The book spans 118 pages, and lists the contact details of over 1,200 oil spill clean up contractors in 50 countries including north america and canada. Controlled oil burns last month near the site of the deepwater horizon spill.
Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills fighting. Here are few ways to follow up your oil spill lesson. Impact of oil spills on marine organisms ultimately, the impact of oil on marine organisms depends on the fate of the oil. Some other good choices are peters place by sally grindley and michael foreman, prince william by gloria rand and gulf coast oil spill. The world is thrown into what may be the last oil crisis, and society doesnt fare well. Selected fulltext books and articles after disaster. J m patten this book is about oil spills, pollution to the earths environment, the only known place where people, plants and animals can live. Following an oil spill, there are specialists and veterinarians to deal with oiled wildlife. These experts are trained on how to clean oil from animals, rehabilitate them, and return them to the environment. Oil can clog blowholes of whales and dolphins, making it impossible for them to breathe properly and disrupting their ability to communicate.
Immediately after the spill, and based on the national contingency plan, the korean coast guard, together with associated. Knowledge of the chemical makeup of the particular oil, whether it is a crude oil or refined fuel oil, is critical in making response decisions when there is spill. So far, the eight or so books mearns has looked at focus on one of the two major oil spills in the american mind. Ingratefulrecognitionofyearsofservicetothe petroleumindustrythroughtirelesseffortsto improveresponsetechnologyandminimize environmentalimpacts,thiseditionofthe. Although the ship was originally built to carry 60,000 tons. Publishers ready books on deepwater horizon oil spill. Oil spill, leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water. And here is where many fail both history and science. The book saving animals from oil spills informs the reader how you can make a difference. Oil coats fur of otters and seals, leaving them vulnerable to hypothermia. The worst oil spill affecting african penguins was the mv treasure one of the worst south african oil spills to date that affected penguins occurred on june 23, 2000. As previously described, when oil is present in the environment, it is either dispersed in the top layer of the water littoral zone or remains on the.
Oil spills are coming from different area of oil industry like transportation of oil through tank ships, pipelines, and railroad tank cars to the refineries, and from the refineries where the oil is refined to create the many types of fuels and then these fuels are transported by pipeline, rail, truck, or tank vessel to the consumers of that oil. Effects on plants, animals, and the environment oil spill checkpoint lab 4 students in each team each person will receive a copy of this checkpoint lab follow directions on the student page green cups side up when working red cup side. Birkland georgetown university press, 1997 librarians tip. Disasters paperback march 1, 2011 by peter benoit author. Its a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement. The gulf oil disaster and the future of offshore drilling. I am a third grade teacher and the book oil spill was a fantastic addition to my science hands on lesson on causes and effects of oil spills and on the environment and wildlife in america.
The book spans 118 pages, and lists the contact details of over 1,200 oil spill clean up contractors. This timeless story centers on harriet, a young girl who experiences firsthand the devastating effects of oil pollution at. Her newest book for little ones, patti pelican and the gulf oil spill, aims to put the event into a perspective a child can understand, and to show kids the efforts made by shrimpers and fisherman, as well as wildlife rescue workers, to protect both humans and animals from the worst effects of the spill. Oil spill is a nonfiction book, that is all about oil spills. Luckily, scientists have figured out ways to help reverse some of the effects of a spill. Environmental aspects, environmental aspects of oil spills, accessible book, oil pollution of the sea, protected daisy, law and legislation, accidents, liability for oil pollution damages, tankers, pollution, marine pollution, exxon valdez ship, prevention, cleanup, petroleum, effect of oil spills on, juvenile literature, oil pollution of.
Handbook of oil spill science and technology wiley online books. The little black book spans 118 pages and lists the contact details of over 1,200 oil spill cleanup contractors in more than 50 countries. Jul 30, 2019 african penguin populations are so fragile that they are only a few disastrous oil spills away from extinction in the wild. Oil spills have killed small proportions of pacific loon populations on their wintering areas.
Noaas office of response and restoration is the primary science adviser to the u. Oil spills occur when petroleum, plant or animalbased oils enter the environment unintentionally. Burning vegetation is a frequent method of maintaining certain ecosystems and these same ecosystems can be protected from the effects of oil spills using burning. In fact, beginning with the ixtoc 1 spill off campeche, mexico in 19791980, there have been a series of large spill events originating at the sea bottom and creating a myriad of. Title explores issues related to oil spills, includinghow spills happenthe risks of oil drillingif the oil industry is prepared to handle oil spills if the oil industry needs more oversight and regulation. This timeless story centers on harriet, a young girl who experiences firsthand the devastating effects of oil. Spilled or leaked oil can contaminate water, making it unsafe for animals and humans who live near the accident. Deep oil spills facts, fate, and effects steven murawski.
Page on its free to the public for download, but you can buy a copy if you want. Since oil floats, fish and other marine animals are not generally affected to the same extent as airbreathing vertebrates. In this respect the chapter on oil spills is quite an eyeopener. Oil spills affect marine life and local industry for years, even decades after they occur. Mar 01, 2011 next to that diagram is an underwater photographs that shows oil and gas leaking at the site of the deepwater horizon spill. Purchase oil spill science and technology 2nd edition.
In the back of the book is an index, a glossary, and additional recommended resources to explore. This is a level 2 letsreadandfindout science title, which means the book. May 21, 2019 youve head about oil spills on the news, youve read about the cleanup in the newspaper but did you know you could learn about ocean pollution right at home or in the classroom. Welcome to harriets home at sea, a unique and educational picture book.
Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 us gallons, 256 imperial gallons, 7. Oil spills is the first book to survey the history of oil spills, the problems they create, the types of cleanups and their efficacy, the legal, social, economic, and ecological consequences of oil spills, their longterm impacts on the wildlife and people who survive them, and the alternatives to oil and its transport. Written specifically for potential spills in the alaskan beaufort sea, the book is also in important resource for environmental evaluation of other arctic regions. Jun 01, 1995 the oil company, desperate to mitigate the disaster, tries an experimental microbe that eats long chain hydrocarbons which breaks down the oil and makes the cleanup much faster. Deepwater horizon bp gulf of mexico oil spill us epa.