Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Offshore Oil Production and Exporation impacts goal 14: Life Under Water
- Oil Spills
- Damge to Marine Life;
including fish, mammals
and birds
- Espceiclaly those who are in
danger of going instict in the
artic
- Pollution of Earths
Oceans
- 3 Billion people depon on
marine/costal for
livelihood
- Nutirent Pollution, such as protein from fish
- consuming polluted food can have damging consequences
- Damage to Marine Ecosystems
- Left Over Hidden damage
one spills have been
cleared
- Produced Water
- Environmental Impact
- Contamination of marine eco-systems
- Fish are attracted to drilling sites
- can lead to earth quakes
- Challanges in reusing
- Gas Flaring
- Renfers some areas inahbitale
- Can cause Acid rain
- Damage to ocean and costal regions
- Ocean regions with more acid means less
oxygen for ocean plants and animal
- Freshwater
Consumption
- Fracking requires large amounts of frreshwater
- contamination of water and surronding areas
- Noise Pollution
- Disuptes behavoiour of fish
- difficult to communicate
- Signiciant impact on whales who rely on high
frequency sounds
- Loss of hearing
- Sesisimc Blasts
- Killing and injuring marine life
- Cause animals to leave habitat
- Lack of Planning and control
- Infratructure problems
- Offshore plants have a limited life, but can reamin on sea level for years
- Compamnies often dont have
adequent plans in place to
deconstruct oil riggs
- Damage to costal
regions
- possible impact on tourism
- Disrupts ocean landscapes
- Alongside Global warming, melting icey habitas in artcic