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Prince William Sound Christian Science Monitor
1,783 wordsOn March 24, 1989 at 4 minutes past midnight, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska's breath-taking Prince William Sound. Instantaneously, the quiet waters of the sound became a sea of black. "We " ve fetched up - ah - hard aground north of Goose Island off Bligh Reef, and - ah - evidently leaking some oil, " Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the ship, radioed the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office back in Valdez. That "some oil" turned out to be a total of 11, 000, 000 gallons of crude o...
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Environmental Problems In Africa
1,809 wordsThe environmental problems seem to be key challenges of the XXIst century. In the previous years the world politics and every person in general was occupied with politics and wars. But with the development of new technologies, with the increasing number of plants and factories all kind of manufacturing in general, a huge shift was made towards the environmental issues. The terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments have declined in virtually all aspects. New developments in industry and man...
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Directly Or Indirectly Human Beings
1,956 wordsMarine Pollution: Affecting Tomorrows World Marine pollution, can be defined as: The introduction of man, directly or indirectly, of substance or energy into the marine environment, resulting in such effects as harm to living resources, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities including fishing, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities (Johnston, 1976). The ocean has been calculated to be about 2. 5 billion years old, nearly half the age of the earth. ...
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Long Term Effects Short Term Effects
886 wordsDuring recent years, the public has become increasingly aware of the hazards of oil spills. Photographs and vivid descriptions of oil-soaked birds floundering on oil covered shores have become routine coverage by the news and media. Oil spillage has become an increasing problem with the advent of offshore drilling and the transport of petroleum in large tankers. The extent and effects of oil pollution are of great concern to the world today. A recent study estimated that the amount of oil spille...
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Environmental Protection Agency Amounts Of Carbon
1,620 wordsWhat have we done to our planet Earth? At present, the most extreme and realistic finality we will ever realize as a race of beings is that our planet doesnt need us; we need the planet. Within the last two hundred and fifty years we have caused the planet more harm than its 4 billion years of existence. It is and has been time to realize the seriousness of our abuse towards Earth. We cant just turn pollution off like a switch when we dont want to deal with it, we have to do something about. And...
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