Reaction Article #8: PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potentially Toxic Timebombs

Reaction Article #8: PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potentially Toxic Timebombs
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 11/28/2008
From: National Geographic News

According to David Doubilet in ” PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potentially Toxic Timebombs,” shipwrecks lie submerged in the Pacific Ocean may cause some toxic substance which would harm the ocean.
Encased in coral, host to abundant sea life, and popular among scuba-loving tourists, some of these shipwrecks also contain noxious cargo including oil, diesel, gasoline, chemicals, and even unexploded ordnance. These were things that would cause serious damage to the ocean. Many ocean creatures would become extinct, and the environment would be contaminated critically. Most of the shipwrecks can be traced back to the world war 2 when many American ships were be blow up by Japanese booming airplanes. Those ship were all loaded strong ammunition and full of energy gas which were pretty dangerous. In order to avoid this kind of harm, many countries have some policy to deal with it. Though shipwrecks are now covered by the coral, the problem they have are still some thing we have to pay much attention on it.
This article reminds me that few years ago there has many oil ships crashed the carol and sank into the ocean around Kenting. It cost the government several days to clean out the stinking and sticky oil floating on the water. Many carol died in this event, and government implement a policy to preserve the carol. This kind of incident may be a accident, but still many ocean polluted cases were done on purpose by human. I think it is really important for our people to know we only have one earth which if we don’t protect it well we must be very regretful.(269)