Environmental impact of oil tanker collision depends on at least three things | UK News

The tragedy associated with the cargo ship and oil tanker from the East Yorkshire Coast is bad news for sea, fish and air in the area. We don’t know how bad it will be.

It depends on the little things – but the motion ClashClouds of dirty black smoke and leaked fuel from the fire are definitely worrying.

First, what it was important Two large utensils.

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Analy Nalitics Firm Vortex estimates that a 183 -meter -long tanker was carrying about 130,000 barrels of jet fuel (kerosene), which is now leaking to the sea.

Thanks to the heavy type of oil in the jet fuel, it is not as sticky or oily, so the birds and the feathers of the seal and the seal are less likely to stick. It can also be broken by natural bacteria.

But it can still poison fish and kill animals and plants on the shore if it enters the ground there.

The Marine Conservation Society has pointed to the place in the Humber Estory, close to some protected areas and is important for seabirds and Harbor Porpoisis.

And both ships will be operated by one more, heavy type of oil – potential marine gas oil or heavy fuel oil, though we still do not know the details.

Heavy fuel oil is a nasty material.

Cheap, thick and tar, they can smoke animals and are very dangerous if they consume them, and very difficult to clean. Let’s hope this is not already dissolving around the North Sea.

We do not know how much leaks have been leaked from either jet fuel or vessels, or how much will burn in a violent fire – which cultivates themselves in black smoking and dirty air pollution in the surrounding environment.

And we are sure what was on the Solong Cargo Ship and if, or what, would go to the sea.

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Plastic takes hundreds of years to break down, and can bend or trap potential animals.

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Second, the effect depends on its surrounding sea and weather conditions.

Things like wind and currents affect how the spread of oil spreads to the sea. Vijay can draw computer models to imitate how oil behave.

In the third place, it is important that all of these are quickly encountered and then cleaned, if necessary, and if it may be.

Usually the slow reaction, the worse effect.

The Coast Guard has said that the incident “is on” and it has begun evaluating “potential counter pollution response” which will be necessary.

Such feedback may require the help of numerous public institutions: Government Environment Department, Transport Department, Environment Agency and Maritime and Coast Guard Agency.

So now we can hope for the best – except the welfare of the people involved – that is that not all oils are flooded or burned, those situations are quiet and those rescuers and cleaning can work quickly.