The Effect of Mexico Gulf Oil Spill 墨西哥湾石油泄漏的影响.ppt

TheEffectofMexicoGulfOilSpill,DisasterunfoldsslowlyintheGulfofMexico,Environmentaldisaster,Economicimpact,Long-termimpactofGulfofMexicooilspillremainsunclear,Environmentaldisaster,Theoilpenetratesupthestructureoftheplumageofbirds,reducingitsinsulatingability,andsomakingthebirdsmorevulnerabletotemperaturefluctuationsandmuchlessbuoyant浮力inthewater.,Mostbirdsaffectedbyanoilspilldieunlessthereishumanintervention,Marinemammalsexposedtooilspillsareaffectedinsimilarwaysasseabirds.OilcoatsthefurofSeaottersandseals,reducingitsinsulation绝缘abilitiesandleadingtobodytemperaturefluctuationsandhypothermia低温.,ApodofBottlenosedolphinsswimundertheoilywater,Louisiana,Thursday,May6,2010intheGulfofMexico.,Whilevisibledamagetoshorelineshasbeenminimaltodateastheoilhasspreadslowly,thesceneremains,inthewordsofPresidentObama,a“potentiallyunprecedentedenvironmentaldisaster.“,Economicimpact,AsthegraduallyemergingofnegativeeffectonU.S.economicrecovery,theU.S.publicismoreworriedaboutitsimpactfurtherspread.Obamasaidinaspeechonthe4th,oilspillthatcouldmaketheU.S.economyfaceasudden,costlycrisis.Hesaidthegovernmentwouldexploremoreopportunitiestocreatejobs,supporttheGulfCoastregionseconomy,meanwhilehesaid“itwillbeamajorchallenge.“,AffectedbytheGulfofMexicooilspillBPsharesfallagain,Bourgeois,whooperatestencharterboatsandtwofishinglodges,isoneofanas-yetunknownnumberofindividualsandbusinessownerswhoareimpactedbytheBPoilspillintheGulfofMexicoAfterthespilling,helosehisjob,whilehewastrainedtocleanuptheseaoil,Trainingtheunemployedfishermencleanoil,Itwillbeawhilebeforethespillsfulleconomicimpactisknownand,infact,thespillishavingdifferenteffectsondifferentindustries.Theresnodenyingtheimpactontheseafoodandfishingindustries,mainstaysofthesouthLouisianaeconomy,whereoperatorshaveseenadramaticfalloffinwork.,Thechallengeisnotonlyeconomicandenvironmental,PotentialPoliticalDisaster.GulfofMexicooilspillisnotonlygreateconomiclosses,andtheUnitedStatesPresidentBarackObamacalled“potentialunprecedentedenvironmentaldisaster.“Infact,thiseventhasbecometheObamaadministrationandlogisticsmanagementcrisisaseriouschallenge,aslightslipmaybecomeapotentialpoliticaldisaster.,