hydrogen sulfide". Moreover, oil
water. Sorbents also are used to
spillage has long-term effects on the
absorb oil. Nowadays, an actual
ecosystem.
are
example of oil spill and its clean up,
worried about seafood, as the oil
occurred in near Newlands, 2011. It
covers and enter inside sea species
was ship called the Rena, and it was
like fish, which can be very toxic,
carrying
since the effect of oil on fish can last
materials, tones of heavy fuel oil and
for 70 years. Thus, humans can last
tones of marine diesel oil. Due to the
for 70 years eating toxic fish, which
bad weather, the ship crashed into a
would result in countless number of
reef and after few days it was broken
diseases known and unknown. The
into two pieces. All the oil and
cleanup operation is really important
chemicals elements from the ship
step in order to regain back a normal
began to mix with each other and
ecosystem. But the recovery and
creatednew
clean up of oil spillage is very
seawater. This accident resulted in a
difficult and requires lot of effort,
destroyed ecosystem, as thousands of
since it depends on the type of oil, the
sea birds, birds and variety of
temperature of water and the type of
different types of fish were dead.
the environment around it. There are
Only 49 penguins were rescued. In
9 ways to clean the water from oil.
order to clean up this mess, it
For instance, vacuum and centrifuge:
required a lot of time and m