Gulf War Oil Spills

Gulf War Oil SpillsDong Hwan KimPeriod 6 APES

Contents

• Where did the environmental disas-ter take place?

• Causes of Gulf War Oil Spill• The effect of environmental disaster• Efforts to ameliorate the environ-

mental disaster• Final outcome of environmental dis-

aster

Where did the environmental disaster take place?

Causes of Gulf War Oil Spill

The effect of environmental disaster

• Damage on Oceanic ecosystem.• Destruction of function as a Ocean.• Widespread Oil belt on earth and beach

Efforts to ameliorate the environmental disaster

International Organizations(ex. United Nations or NGO) support to get rid of oil wastes. Also, government is still giving effort to clean up the territory.

Final outcome of environmental disas-ter

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