Friday, September 20, 2013

Molasses Spill

b) your thoughts on the effects of the molasses spill (How should people respond to this? Could this have been prepared for? What should be done next?).

Effects of Molasses Spill:
 In Hawaii's Honalou Harbor, 230,000 gallons of thick molasses spilled into the harbor. The spill contaminated thousands of fish and other living things that are in the ocean. All over the harbor fish were dying and floating all throughout the water. The ocean went from a blue water to a cola brown color not safe for the animals making it not safe for the divers to go down. The molasses made a thick layer on the bottom of the ocean, it also sucks all of the oxygen out of water. All of the living things were hiding but took a turn for the worse and all started to die.

 

No one is to blame for accidents like these that occur in the ocean but there should be more things to be done to prevent it from happening. Cleaning up molasses spills, oil spills etc. are not easy to do. I t takes alot of time and effort and also cost a great deal of money. It is necessary to do so to save the ocean life though. The ocean is a place where many discoveries are made. We need the ocean so cleaning it up after a spill is needed for us and for the animals and creatures living in it as well.  People should want to help clean up when a spill occurs and i think most people would want to help. People everywhere should want to help keep are ocean clean.





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Friday, September 13, 2013

ocean

The ocean is a big part of exploration in todays society and also in the past. For years people have been exploring the ocean and what goes on below the water. The ocean is filled with many different discoveries. People all over the world are interested in what the ocean is really filled up with, yes there has been many discoveries but there is still many things in the ocean that have yet to be discovered
The discoveries of the ocean effect us a lot in todays world. We know of many kinds of animals, plants, accidents that have happened. People explore the ocean and the activity in it everyday trying to find new things to learn about. Without the discoveries of the ocean people today may be scared to or into the ocean, we would be afraid of what lays beneath the blue water. With the discoveries of the ocean, it also invented many kinds of tools that help people navigate through the ocean. The ocean has had many great discoveries and there are many more to come.