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Tragedy of the commons
is the depletion of a shared resource by individuals, acting independently and rationally according to each one's self-interest, despite their understanding that depleting the common resource is contrary to the group's long-term best interests. -
Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination
Libby, Montana, is the story of a town discovering and then coping with toxic asbestos dust from the vermiculite mines that supplied jobs to more than 200 residents and helped Libby prosper for decades. -
The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. -
The Great Smog Of 52
Was a severe air pollution event that affected London. A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city.
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Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo was the code name given to the first United States test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as the first test of Operation Castle. -
Silent Spring
The book documented detrimental effects of pesticides on the environment, particularly on birds. Silent Spring was named one of the 25 greatest science books of all time -
The Palomares Incident
when a B-52G bomber of the USAF Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 31,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. -
1st Earth Day
an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. -
The Love Canal
Love Canal became the subject of national and international attention after it was revealed in the press that the site had formerly been used to bury 21,000 tons of toxic waste -
Minamata Disease
This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea, which, when eaten by the local populace, resulted in mercury poisoning. -
Environment Protection Agency
It was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. -
The Door To Hell
The Door to Hell is a natural gas field in Derwezne Turkmenistan. The Door to Hell is noted for its natural gas fire which has been burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet petrochemical scientists in 1971 -
The Seveso Disaster
It resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations -
Amoco Cadiz
ultimately split in three and sank, all together resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. -
The Three mile Island Nuclear Explosion
partial nuclear meltdown which occurred in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. -
The Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion
The Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and is one of only two classified as a level 7 event -
Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels -
The Kuwait Oil Fires
caused by Iraqi military forces setting fire to more than 600 oil wells as part of a scorched earth policy while retreating from Kuwait in 1991 after invading the country but being driven out by Coalition military forces. -
Baia Mare cyanide spill
The 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania, into the Somes River by the gold mining company Aurul, a joint-venture of the Australian company Esmeralda Exploration and the Romanian government. -
The Al-mishraq Fire
it was the site of the largest human-made release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded when a fire gained control and burned for almost a month. -
Jillian Chemical Plant Explosion
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sidoarjo mud flow
Sidoarjo Mud Flow
The Lapindo mud is the result of an erupting mud volcano in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since -
An Inconvenient Truth”
Is s documentary on the United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times. -
TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
What may be the nation’s largest spill of coal ash lay thick and largely untouched over hundreds of acres of land and waterways Wednesday after a dam broke this week, as officials and environmentalists argued over its potential toxicity. -
Fukushima Daiichi
One of the largest earthquakes in the recorded history of the world occurred on the east coast of northern Japan. This earthquake also generated a major tsunami, causing nearly 20,000 deaths. Electricity, gas and water supplies, telecommunications, and railway service were all severely disrupted. -
Deepwater Horizon bp Oil Spill
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The Three Gorges Dam
he world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity. In 2012, the amount of electricity the dam generated was similar to the amount generated by the Itaipu Dam. -
Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone
Dead zones are hypoxic areas in the world's oceans and large lakes, caused by "excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water. -
The Shrinking of the Aral Sea
he shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters."The region's once prosperous fishing industry has been essentially destroyed, bringing unemployment and economic hardship. -
The Bhopal Disaster
Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world's worstindustrial disaster. -
Ecocide in Vietnam
the neologism ecocide can be used to refer to any extensive destruction of the natural environment and disruption or loss of ecosystems of a given territory to such an extent that the survival of the inhabitants of that territory is endangered. -
E-waste in Guiyu, china
It is the location of what may be the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site on earth.
