Oil Spills By Yaniv Naggar

            Oil spills are a huge problem because they are killing a lot of animals. Oil spills there are many causes and effects and what we can do.

            Many things can cause oil spills. For example, there are tankers crashing. Another example is, the weather, the weather can cause it by hurricanes. They can also be caused by water sports because they leak oil from the boats.

            Oil spills can affect the ecosystem in terrible ways. An example, is it can kill animals, it has killed 6,813 in the Gulf of Mexico, the killer whales can get killed by the oil clogging there blowhole and also makes birds unable to fly, bottled nosed dolphins are underweight. Oil spills can also affect the ecosystem by going into the water and poisoning it so when fish eat their food it will go into them. Finally, it kills many plants. It kills plants by taking away the photosynthesis. It will take it away by covering the water so the plants are unable to get some sun so they can’t get photosynthesis.

            There are many ways you can help. You can help by giving public awareness people also this as telling other people so they know about it. Another way you can help is by raising money and giving it to World Wildlife Fund. You can also help by boating less that will make less oil spills happen.

            President Obama said, “We will fight oil spills with everything we've got.” Billy Nungesser president of Plaquemines Parish said, “They said the black oil wouldn’t come ashore. Well, it is ashore. It’s here to stay and it’s going to keep coming.” It’s a threat to the planet. If it’s so bad then why do we keep doing this?