{"id":87347,"date":"2020-08-15T19:28:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16914"},"modified":"2020-08-15T19:28:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T13:58:14","slug":"explained-how-severe-was-the-mauritius-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-how-severe-was-the-mauritius-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: How severe was the Mauritius oil spill?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>A Japanese ship struck a coral reef off Mauritius spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and triggering a state of environmental emergency.This oil spill took place near <strong>Blue Bay Marine Park Reserve<\/strong>, a wetland of international importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Oil Spill: <\/strong>It is the contamination of seawater due to an oil pour as a result of an accident or human error.<\/li><li><strong>How dangerous are oil spills?<\/strong><ul><li>As oil is less dense than salt water, it floats and forms a thin film on the surface.The floating oil sticks to the fur and feathers of marine mammals and birds eliminating their insulating and water-repelling properties and exposing them to the cold.<\/li><li>The marine creatures can also be poisoned by swallowing the oil residue.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>How are oil spills cleaned? <\/strong>There are a few ways to clean up oil spills including:<ul><li><strong>Skimming<\/strong>: It involves removing oil from the sea surface before it is able to reach the sensitive areas along the coastline.<\/li><li><strong>In situ burning:<\/strong> It means burning a particular patch of oil after it has concentrated in one area.<\/li><li><strong>Releasing<\/strong> chemical dispersants helps break down oil into smaller droplets, making it easier for microbes to consume, and further break it down into less harmful compounds.<\/li><li><strong>Natural actions<\/strong> in aquatic environments such as weathering, evaporation,biodegradation and oxidation can also help reduce the severity of an oil spill and accelerate the recovery of an affected area.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A Japanese ship struck a coral reef off Mauritius spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and triggering a state of environmental emergency.This oil spill took place near Blue Bay Marine Park Reserve, a wetland of international importance. Facts: Oil Spill: It is the contamination of seawater due to an oil pour as a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-how-severe-was-the-mauritius-oil-spill\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: How severe was the Mauritius oil spill?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5098],"class_list":["post-87347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-oil-spill","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}