Offshore oil drilling provides a natural resource for human use, that is, an ecosystem service.In 2010, oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico led to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which caused serious impacts on marine life, beaches, and the fishing and tourism industries.Does the likelihood of such oil spills as a result of the production of oil products constitute an ecosystem service trade-off? Why or why not?
A) No; the oil spill did not affect other ecosystem services.
B) No; the oil spill had impacts, but the ecosystem will recover, so it did not really cause a trade-off.
C) No; oil is a necessary resource, so any effects it has are worth the risk and can be overlooked.
D) Yes; a provisioning service degraded both provisioning and cultural services.
E) Yes; a provisioning service degraded another provisioning service (industries) ; other factors are not ecosystem services.
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