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An oil spill is the release of an oil into the environment, usually in a marine ecosystem, and it is due to human activity and is a form of pollution.

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Well, a lot actually! It kills many different types of marine animals. To marine animals Oil coats the fur of otters and seals, leaving them vulnerable to hypothermia and even when marine mammals escape the immediate effects, an oil spill can cause damage by contaminating their food supply.
Well, oil can also affect fish by going into their system and poison them or clog the breathing holes and kill them because they can breathe or even make them blind and more vulnerable. 800,000 birds in total were killed due to the BP oil spill well 1,000 dolphins were found dead due to the spill along with 11 human deaths.

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Not only does it just affect the organisms but it also affects the environments. The oil can kill different types of plants and algae that if taken out of the environment could cause a lot of damage to the environment causing habitat loss. Oil can also reach unborn organisms and poison them or contaminate them which could cause many health problems. This affects humans since a good portion of food because it lessens the amount of food we can eat or have a higher chance of eating contaminated food!(eww imagine eating a fish the was contaminated in oil ) and we also lose a lot of profit from oil spills

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Theres multiple ways to clean up spills. Some ways are scooping up oil in the water or using oil eating bacteria to get rid of it and helping clean up shores and animals that are covered in oil.

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1. Prevent the spill from reaching shore,

2. Try to reduce the impact on marine life.

3. Speed the degradation of any unrecovered oil.

4. Take many precautions to prevent the oil spills in the first place.

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so guess how many gallons were spilled when this incident happened??

200 million gallons

In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.
It had cause much damaged to many things and you can still see affects of the oil spill to this day but slowly but surely it can recovery in time.

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Scientists get first look at seabed near B.P. oil spill site

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It's been four years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and unleashed oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. Scientists dove to the Gulf floor for the first time since 2010 to determine how marine life is recovering. Chip Reid reports.

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1. Over 8,000 animals (birds, turtles, mammals) were reported dead just 6 months after the spill, including many that were already on the endangered species list.

2. BP is responsible for close to $40 billion in fines, cleanup costs, and settlements as a result of the oil spill in 2010, with an additional $16 billion due to the Clean Water Act.

3. Over 30,000 people responded to the spill in the Gulf Coast working to collect oil, clean up beaches, take care of animals and perform various other duties. As of 2012, the Gulf was still polluted with oil.

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so if you want to see the effect of different types  of oil in water like environments heres a project anyone can do to see these types of effects!

1. Find a small cotainer.

2. Fill 1/3 of the container with water mixed with food coloring.

3. Fill the rest of the 2/3rds with any oil you want!

Tada! here you have a cool looking decoraton that lets you see what effects have with oil alone!

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1. 16,000 total miles of coastline have been affected, including the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

2. Even though the gushing well was capped in July 2010, oil is still washing up on shores, which might cause long-term damages to people living in the area.

3. The initial oil rig explosion killed 11 people and injured 17 others.

4. A method of treating the oil spill is "in-situ burning" or burning oil in a contained area on the surface of the water, which has negative effects on the environment.