Q3gulfofmexico

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 * On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire erupted on an off shore drilling rig in the gulf of Mexico called the deep water horizon.[[image:1498461_370.jpg width="325" height="200" align="right" caption="This is a picture of a dolphin which has been whiped out and killed by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill."]]**======


 * The gulf coast region is a beautiful and ecologically diverse part of Mexico. there are thousands of species of fish, birds, reptiles and mammal, of them endangered or live along the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the marsh lands of this region serve an important role as mating grounds an nesting areas for sea turtles and some exotic species of birds.**
 * Unfortunately, the ecological balance of this region is both important and fragile. The damaged it caused by man made pollutants and other instructions can be very difficult to repair.**

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 * an ecological catastrophe like the recant Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have permanent consequences for the plants and animals of this area. the damage done by the deep water horizon is difficult to measure and nearly impossible to predict.**======

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 * Different species depend on one another so closely a single event can have repercussion throughout the region. in addition, water currents are expected to carry oil from the recent spill as far as Florida potentially causing extensively causing harm in other regions as well.**======

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 * the biodiversity of life in the Gulf of Mexico and in other waters around the globe is truly astonishing as a delicate balance of amphibian aquatic, and avian creatures survive and thrive due to the pressure of clean water and each other. The contamination and the threat of losing important links in this chain should give cause for alarm. these sea animals have been killed or endangered by the presence of oil in the Gulf of Mexico:**======
 * ======**Dolphin. [[image:save-the-sea-turtles.jpg width="320" height="274" align="right" caption="This baby sea turtle has been covered with the oil from the explosion."]]**======
 * ======**Endangered sea turtles.**======
 * ======**seagulls, ducks, pelicans and other water birds.**======
 * ======**Fish, shrimp. crabs, oysters and other shellfish.**======

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 * The long term effects that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will have have on local wildlife are difficult to predict and may be felt for generations to come. Deep water drilling has been aggressively pushed as a vital part of the energy industry. It has also been reviled as posing too great at threat to the environment specifically to the ecosystem of the waters in which the drilling is conducted. Prior to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill, little concern had been focused upon the coastal lands.**======

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 * though the rig was approximately 41 miles off the Louisiana coast, the spill has been sufficiently large that hundreds of mile of coast have been hit with oil, from Texas all the way to Florida panhandle. Fisheries have been destroyed and people are devastated for the property and there land.**======