Offshore Oil Production and Exporation impacts goal 14: Life Under Water

Oil Spills
1. Damge to Marine Life; including fish, mammals and birds
  1. Espceiclaly those who are in danger of going instict in the artic
2. Pollution of Earths Oceans
  1. 3 Billion people depon on marine/costal for livelihood
    1. Nutirent Pollution, such as protein from fish
    2. consuming polluted food can have damging consequences
3. Damage to Marine Ecosystems
  1. Left Over Hidden damage one spills have been cleared
Produced Water
1. Environmental Impact
  1. Contamination of marine eco-systems
  2. Fish are attracted to drilling sites
  3. can lead to earth quakes
2. Challanges in reusing
Gas Flaring
1. Renfers some areas inahbitale
2. Can cause Acid rain
  1. Damage to ocean and costal regions
  2. Ocean regions with more acid means less oxygen for ocean plants and animal
Freshwater Consumption
1. Fracking requires large amounts of frreshwater
  1. contamination of water and surronding areas
Noise Pollution
1. Disuptes behavoiour of fish
2. difficult to communicate
3. Signiciant impact on whales who rely on high frequency sounds
4. Loss of hearing
Sesisimc Blasts
1. Killing and injuring marine life
2. Cause animals to leave habitat
Lack of Planning and control
1. Infratructure problems
  1. Offshore plants have a limited life, but can reamin on sea level for years
  2. Compamnies often dont have adequent plans in place to deconstruct oil riggs
Damage to costal regions
1. possible impact on tourism
2. Disrupts ocean landscapes
  1. Alongside Global warming, melting icey habitas in artcic

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Offshore Oil Production and Exporation impacts goal 14: Life Under Water

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