leaking from the spill into the gulf. That’s twelve times more than the original estimate of 5‚000 barrels a day. All together there was about 6‚000 barrels a day‚ an estimated 2.5 million gallons a day is leaking into the Gulf. The BP oil spill spread about 11‚300 miles‚
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responsibility‚ BP and Deep Water Horizon is one example of a corporation that failed miserable with social responsibility. After the accident occurred‚ BP senior management failed to properly discuss the extent of what was actually leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. Former CEO Tony Howard was more concerned about getting his life back than properly disclosing the factual information to enable environmentalist to better understand the extent of effort required for conservation efforts to help treat
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Although there were many events that impacted the U.S. in the new millennium‚ Operation Desert Storm had the greatest impact out of them all. Operation Desert Storm‚ also known as the Gulf War‚ was the first major foreign crisis the U.S. was involved in after the Cold War. The impact the operation had can be seen by the historical background‚ the change over time‚ and the lasting impact it had on society. On August 2nd of 1990‚ Iraqi forces lead by Saddam Hussein invaded the Arab state of Kuwait
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intruder--she had gone with the wind that afternoon. She was a poor creature‚ and I thought of her with scorn if I considered her at all. (Chapter 4) This quotes demonstrates the foreshadow placed on the theme of her “growing up” to become a woman. What gulf of years stretched between him and that other time‚ what deed of thought and action‚ what difference in temperament? I did not want to know. I wished I had not come. (Chapter 4) This is the first quote that shows that Maxim loses his temper badly
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was taken the first couple days of the spill. The oil is still on a continuous flow. During this lifetime‚ we will not know the amount of damage and problems caused by the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a massive ongoing oil spill and oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that started on April 20‚ 2010. The spill followed a blowout that caused an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig‚ which then sank off the coast of Louisiana (Barclay)
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had previously been sutured together: just outside the arc of the Ouachita-Appalachian Mountains. This opening formed both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. This article then states that for a long period of time the Gulf Coast remained geologically stable‚ with no continents plowing into it or rifting away. The northern coast of the Gulf Coast began to warp upward over a large area; this is the footprint of what is now the Mississippi Embayment. As the very large arch that formed up
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the layers do not mix. Third‚ nutrients fuel blooms of microscropic plants. 3) Why is there a dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico? Outline the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico dead zone‚ playing specific attention the role of human activities in this coastal issue. (1-2 sentences) I think in the Gulf of Mexico the human active more in that place. There many factory in that place. So those cause the dead zone. 4) What impact(s) does overfishing of
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Cote D’Ivoire Cote D’Ivoire‚ also known as the “Ivory Coast”‚ is a country in the Western Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Liberia. It lies on the West African coast on the Gulf of Guinea. It is located on the east by Ghana‚ on the north by Burkina Faso and Mali‚ and on the west by Guinea and Liberia. It is slightly larger than the size of New Mexico‚ outlining a square of 560 kilometers on a side and an area of 322‚460 square kilometers. Its name “Ivory Coast” was given
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Oil is one of the most important resources that empower the economy. It is mainly used for transportation‚ cooking‚ heating‚ and also electricity generation. Without oil‚ transportation‚ manufacturing‚ and production of food may not be possible. Oil came from fossils and dead organisms that submerged to the bottom of the ocean‚ or what we so called Oil Wells. It was collected by oil rigs by digging the bottom surface of the ocean. Deepwater Horizon oil spill is one of the biggest and controversial
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cant spot them from the naked eye 4. Summarize how the conditions found in the Gulf of Mexico contribute to the overgrowth of phytoplankton. The Gulf of Mexico is highly polluted‚ due to run-off from the coasts. It comes mostly from the fertilizers and pesticides from agriculture that are collected in rivers that flow into the Gulf. Other reasons might be because of all the oil spills we happen to cause in the Gulf 5. Explain how a Harmful Algal Bloom can impact an ecosystem. Its cause would
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