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panama canal
goes back almost to the earliest explorers of the Americas. The narrow land bridge between North and South America offers a unique opportunity to create a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. -
Minamata Disease
It started out quite simply, with the strangeness of cats "dancing" in the street--and sometimes collapsing and dying. Who would have known, in a modest Japanese fishing village in the 1950s, that when friends or family members occasionally shouted uncontrollably -
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the great smog of 52
When a thick fog engulfed London from December 5 to December 9, 1952, it mixed with black smoke emitted from homes and factories to create a deadly smog.
This smog killed approximately 12,000 people and shocked the world into starting the environmental movement. -
Castle Bravo
The first of March 1954 marks one of the most serious nuclear fallout incidents in history. On this day, the United States conducted its largest ever nuclear weapon test, code-named Castle Bravo, at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. -
Silent Springs
.its publication forced the banning of DDT
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1st Earth day
We only have one earth, so we need to take care of her. That's what Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin believed. He was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was not addressed in politics or by the media. -
The Shrinking of the Aral Sea
The primary effect of the Aral Sea desiccation has been the significant loss of water in the sea. The water level has dropped approximately 23 meters since the onset of its primary sources of water being diverted (Zavialov 2005). Although the water level has fluctuated up to a few meters in the past due to natural variability in the water flow from the rivers, by 1970, the water loss exceeded the limit of natural water level variation that has occurred in the past. -
the Exxon Valdez oil Spill
1.The failure of the third mate to properly maneuver the vessel, possibly due to fatigue and excessive workload; 2.The failure of the master to provide a proper navigation watch, possibly due to impairment from alcohol; -
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The Kuwait Oil Fires
The Kuwaiti oil fires were caused by Iraqi military forces setting fire to 700 oil wells as part of a scorched earth policy while -
An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. -
tva kingston fossil plant coal fly ash slurry spill
Company officials said the pond had contained a total of about 2.6 million cubic yards of sludge. Originally TVA estimated that 1.7 million cubic yards of waste had burst through the storage facility. -
Fukushima Daiichi
Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days.
Four reactors were written off due to damage in the accident – 2719 MWe net. -
Great pacific garbage pach
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Eastern Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Western Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawaii and California. -
Door to hell
The crater, which is 69 metres wide and 30 metres deep, is located in a natural gas field in Ahal Province in Turkmenistan, which has the sixth largest reserves in the world. -
love canal
In 1942, the property was used by Hooker Electrochemical (Hooker Chemicals and Plastics) for disposal of over 21,000 tons of various chemical wastes, including pesticides and dioxin. Dumping ceased in 1952, and in 1953, the landfill was covered and leased to the Niagara Falls Board of Education (NFBE). Afterwards, the area near the covered landfill was extensively developed, including the construction of an elementary school and many homes.
