Oil Spills - Environmental Impact

Offshore oil spills can lead to decades of ecological harm for marine life. How can we clean-up oil spills and limit damage to the environment?

Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points.

Offshore oil spills float on the surface of water and block essential sunlight.

Oil sticks to animal fur and feathers, and the majority of animals covered in oil will die.

Burning, dispersal and skimming are some of the methods used to clean up oil spills.

Oil spills have massive clean up costs, both financially and environmentally.

A Twig Context Film.
Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in action in the real world.