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OIL - Coggle Diagram

- - - - increase compartments contained within the hull of the ship
      - introduction of double-hulled tankers
- - - - Oil on the water surface blocks light, preventing phytoplankton from photosynthesizing, which leads to their death.
    - - This reduction in phytoplankton leads to a food shortage, and oil on the water's surface blocks gas exchange, causing fish to suffer from oxygen depletion and die.
    - - As fish and other creatures die, food becomes scarce. Birds may consume toxic oil while eating fish, and their feathers can become coated in oil, impairing their ability to fly and stay buoyant.
    - - Organisms consume oil quantities and affects their health
        
        It causes the extinction of a species within a locality
        
        The removal or damage of a marine organism can disrupt the food web, causing food shortages for animals that depend on it or leading to a population surge if its predator is eliminated.
  - - - affect the livelihoods of fishers and the availability of food for locals.
      - Oil on beaches
        
        Many coastal areas rely on the tourist industry, this can have an impact on tourism by reducing an area's attractiveness as a holiday destination.