The_Effect_of_Mexico_Gulf_Oil_Spill__墨西哥湾石油泄漏的影响

• It will be a while before the spill's full economic impact is known and, in fact, the spill is having different effects on different industries. • There's no denying the impact on the seafood and fishing industries, mainstays of the south Louisiana economy, where operators have seen a dramatic falloff in work.
Environmental disaster
• The oil penetrates up the structure of the plumage of birds, reducing its insulating ability, and so making the birds more vulnerable to temperature fluctuations and much less buoyant(浮力) in the water. • Most birds affected by an oil spill die unless there is human intervention
• While visible damage to shorelines has been minimal to date as the oil has spread slowly, the scene remains, in the words of President Obama, a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster."
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The challenge is not only economic and environmental
• Potential Political Disaster.
Gulf of Mexico oil spill is not only great economic losses, and the United States President Barack Obama called "potential unprecedented environmental disaster." In fact, this event has become the Obama administration and logistics management crisis a serious challenge, a slight slip may become a potential political disaster.
• Affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill BP shares fall again
Training the unemployed fishermen clean oil
• Bourgeois, who operates ten charter boats and two fishing lodges, is one of an as-yet unknown number of individuals and business owners who are impacted by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico • After the spilling, he lose his job ,while he was trained to cleanup the sea oil
A pod of Bottlenose dolphins swim under the oily water, Louisiana, Thursday, May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Marine mammals exposed to oil spills are affected in similar ways as seabirds. Oil coats the fur of Sea otters and seals, reducing its insulation (绝缘) abilities and leading to body temperature fluctuations and hypothermia(低温).
Economic impact
• As the gradually emerging of negative effect on U.S. economic recovery, the U.S. public is more worried about its impact further spread. • Obama said in a speech on the 4th, oil spill that could make the U.S. economy face a sudden, costly crisis. He said the government would explore more opportunities to create jobs, support the Gulf Coast region's economy, meanwhile he said "it will be a major challenge."
The Effect of Mexico Gulf Oil Spill
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
• Environmental disaster
• Economic impact
• Long-term impact of Gulf of Mexico oil spill remains unclear