21. Pollution And Oceans Offers information ocean pollution from seafood, algae, overfishing, and oil spills. http://www.pollutionandoceans.com/

Pollution and Oceans Since the beginning of time, the ocean has been regarded as boundless and untouchable by human activity. Because of its colossal size and depth, attempts at understanding the ocean are laden with difficulties. However, it has now become apparent that the ocean, despite its immense magnitude, can drastically be changed by the day-to-day routines of humans. Unprecedented changes are occurring along coastal regions as well as into the far depths of the oceans. Environmental change and degradation are continuously being caused by population growth, along with the concurrent development of commercial, industrial and recreational activity. While the particular causes of environmental change are multifaceted, numerous human activities and natural events are now said to be the driving forces in the alteration of the global ocean. Despite the vital role they play for the survival of fish, invertebrates, mammals, sea turtles, and waterfowl, ecosystems such as mangroves and other wetlands are in rapid decline throughout most of the coastal regions of the U.S. Occurrences such as dredging, propeller scouring, disease manifestations, pesticide and herbicide poisonings, and lack of sunlight caused by the increased turbidity of the water has lead to the destruction of these delicate habitats. Salt marshes, which have been widely distributed along U.S. coasts, are considered one of the earth's most biologically productive ecosystems. However, more than half of the original salt marshes and mangrove forests in the U.S. have been destroyed, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

22. BBC NEWS England Norfolk Eye In The Sky Aims At Oil Spills Coastguards trial a satellite system to identify the culprits behind oil spills. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

23. OIL SPILL Disasters General Infos on oil spills by Tanker Accidents. Our Links on the OIL INDUSTRY Take Action Against Oil Spill Hazards Pollution http://www.betterworldlinks.org/book56w.htm

Our Home Page to 30.000 Links Environment - Environment by Topics (Special) OIL SPILL Disasters Our Links in German Suggestions welcome via Email Please Bookmark BETTER WORLD LINKS ! RECOMMEND This Site ! - TELL your friends General Infos on Oil Spills by Tanker Accidents Our Links on the OIL INDUSTRY Our Links on the ENVIRONMENT Oil Spill Reponse (Global Sustainability) Environmental Toxicology - Oil Pollution ... Save Energy ! Don't Waste It ! Legal Aspects History of Admiralty Law The Maritime Law and Admiralty Law Page Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce (JMLC) Maritime Law Book - National Reporter System ... Government Organizations, Agencies, and Telephone Numbers Prestige - Tanker before North West Spain 11/02 Messy Trail of Responsibility for Oil Disaster Spanish PM hints at Prestige errors - BBC 12/02 Leaked oil blackening Spain's coastline - Greenpeace 11/02 Complex row over sunken tanker - BBC 11/02 ... A marea negra do Prestige Erika (Total Fina, France) - Tanker with 30.000 t fuel oil sinks near the bretonic coast 12/99 Diesel oil tanker snaps in two off the French coast Greenpeace France Boycott Total !

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25. Oil Spills oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to Birds die from oil spills if their feathers are covered in oil. http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/oil_spills.htm

Imagine yourself as a killer whale. You are swimming around when you decide to stick your head out of the water to take a breath. As you are taking a breath, you see a large stream of thick black oil heading your way. You go back under water only to find other animals dying one by one because the oil is damaging their bodies. This is the way some animals must die in the ocean. They die because of an oil spill occurring in their habitat What’s an oil spill? Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil into the ocean. There are a few more ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment breaking down may cause an oil spill. If the equipment breaks down, the tanker may get stuck on shallow land. When they start to drive the tanker again, they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil. When countries are at war, one country may decide to dump gallons of oil into the other country’s oceans. Terrorists may cause an oil spill because they will dump oil into a country’s ocean. Many terrorists will do this because they are trying to get the country’s attention, or they are trying to make a point to a country. Illegal dumpers are people that will dump crude oil into the oceans because they do not want to spend money on decomposing their waste oil. Because they won’t spend money on breaking up the oil (decomposing it) they will dump oil into the oceans, which is illegal.

26. Key Solutions Hydrocarbon Spill Management Venezuelan company providing a complete line of products, equipment and services for prevention, control and clean up of oil spills, industrial contamination and environmental protection. Representatives for HiPoint Industries of Canada, producer of Oclansorb, a 100% organic biodegradable oil absorbent. http://ksolutions.com/

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28. November 2002 - Oil Spill Off Spain's NW Coast November 2002 Oil spill off Spain s NW coast WWF opinion. Why did this happen? oil spills climate issues oil spills freshwater http://www.panda.org/news_facts/crisis/spain_oil_spill/

About WWF How You Can Help FAQ Search breadCrumbs("test.panda.org",">","index.cfm","None","None","None","0"); Navigation hidden Crisis Prestige tanker oil spill Quick Facts Impacts Species Map On the ground Diary of disaster Single/double hull tankers WWF's position Prestige oil spill Coastline cleanup Marine sensitive areas Photos On the beaches Satellite images of the slick Tasmin tanker oil spill Newsroom Search News Publications Search Publications Education Middle school High school University Fun and Games Ask the Boss Multimedia WWF-Canon Photo Gallery Video Clips Audio Clips November 2002 - Oil spill off Spain's NW coast Fishermen were trying to hold back waves of oil with their hands The Prestige began to leak large amounts of oil off the Galician coast on 13 November 2002. Updates Press release: one year on, a continuing disaster 6, Nov 2003 Report: one year on pdf 0.28mb, 25 pages WWF Spain WWF opinion Why did this happen? Downloads Galician Bank pdf 470kb Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas pdf 477kb Never in the history of Spain has an environmental disaster aroused such public outcry, exerted such a political impact or elicited such media coverage as the Prestige oil spill.

29. Water Monitoring Systems Offers monitoring systems to detect early indications of oil spills, bioterror, hazardous waste and algae blooms. http://www.genesisalert.com

Get Passwords Governments and agencies can now have water quality data, real-time to provide early warning of oil spills, pollution and many other environmental hazards with our water monitoring system . If your job is to monitor water quality, or other environmental aspects of rivers, lakes or oceans, the Genesis Alert System will save you time and money over manual sampling. Plus the system will can provide early warnings to potential danger at the first sign of a problem. Primarily developed for oil spill detection, tracking and reporting, the usage applications are unlimited and easily adaptable by selection of sensors to your specific needs. Uses include, but are not limited to: Algae Proliferation Monitoring For The Tampering Of Drinking Water With Toxins, Inline Monitoring For Bioterrorism, Heavy Metals, Air, Water Currents, Temperature, Wave Action

30. Cheiron Resources LTD Suppliers of oil/petroleum screening test kits for use with soil, water and solid objects. Information about products and their uses, including for characterizing landbased oil spills. http://www.cheiron-resources.com/

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31. Oil Spills And Disasters Vic Australian oil spill expert examines Spain disaster (AAP General Countdown to an avoidable oil spill disaster. (Sunday Business (London, England)) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001451.html

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32. Oil Fate During Oil Spills In The Marine Environment Oil behavior and fate during an oil spill in the sea. http://www.offshore-environment.com/oil.html

Offshore- environment.com Recommend this site to a colleague Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry by Stanislav Patin - a unique summary of world-wide studies on the environmental issues associated with offshore oil and gas exploration and development Learn more ORDER NOW! Highly recommended by the Offshore-Environment.com! Oil spills in the sea by Stanislav Patin , translation by Elena Cascio based on "Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry" Below you will find a short discussion of oil fate and behavior during an oil spill in the sea. Click on the links at the end of the page to find more information on Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry. Oil spills in the marine environment Fate and behavior of oil in the marine environment Complex processes of oil transformation in the marine environment start developing from the first seconds of oil's contact with seawater. The progression, duration, and result of these transformations depend on the properties and composition of the oil itself, parameters of the actual oil spill, and environmental conditions. The main characteristics of oil transformations are their dynamism, especially at the first stages, and the close interaction of physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms of dispersion and degradation of oil components up to their complete disappearance as original substances. Similar to an intoxicated living organism, a marine ecosystem destroys, metabolizes, and deposits the excessive amounts of hydrocarbons, transforming them into more common and safer substances.

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35. Savage, Merle Merle Savage writes about her life experiences. Her debut book Silence in the Sound is a captivating look into the cleanup of one of the largest oil spills in American history. http://www.silenceinthesound.com

36. Environmental Quality Program Fish and Wildlife Service s Updated Oil Spill Contingency Plan (June, 2005) The challenge of managing oil spills in the United States is increasing in http://www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm

Oil Spill Preparation and Response Home Frequently Asked Questions Electronic Library About Us ... Accessible Acrobat Reader download page. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view pdf files. Contact Us USFWS Home Page FOIA New! Fish and Wildlife Service's Updated Oil Spill Contingency Plan (June, 2005) Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response Cover Memo Final Document The challenge of managing oil spills in the United States is increasing in complexity and magnitude. Oil spills threaten millions of miles of coastline, river systems, lakes and terrestrial habitat daily, particularly where there is extensive oil drilling, refining, and transport. Serious, and potentially permanent, ecological damage is possible where chronic spills or spills of national significance occur. The goal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Oil Spill Program is to emphasize early (contingency) planning and cooperation at the local, regional and national level in an effort to minimize the injury to fish, wildlife, and sensitive environments from oil spills. The Departments of the Interior, Commerce and Agriculture, together with Tribal governments, States, and other jurisdictions, are responsible for protecting these natural resources. Because oil spills respect no boundaries, uniform Federal policies and programs are essential. In addition, since the resources necessary to respond to oil spills are limited and vary among the response agencies, it is more important than ever to establish and strengthen cooperative relationships.

37. Timeline Major Oil Spills CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/19/oil.spill.timeline.reut/index.html

38. Wildlife And Nature In Atlantic Canada Informs us of the Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Network, weather, pollution, migratory birds, endangered species, smuggling, wetlands, hunting and response to oil spills. http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/index.html

Contact Us Help Search Canada Site ... Home Select a Topic Air Quality Forecasts Atlantic Coastal Action Program Birds Oiled at Sea Children's Environmental Health Climate Centre Emergencies Enforcement and Compliance Environmental Assessment Environmental Damages Fund Environmental Links EcoAction Halifax Pollen Forecast Hunting Hurricane Centre Legislation We Administer Meet Our Minister Meteorology News Releases Pollution Information Sea Level Rise (New Brunswick) Severe Weather Awareness Wildlife Atlantic Region Wildlife and Nature Environmental Protection Meteorology ... Climate Change Species at Risk Act The Species at Risk Act received Royal Assent December 12th, 2002, bringing to a close a nine-year legislative process to protect Canada's species at risk and their critical habitat. The new legislation will come into force in 2003 Species at Risk Act Public Registry The Public Registry is your gateway to information and documents relating to the Species at Risk Act (SARA). It is also a convenient forum to submit comments on SARA related documents being developed by the Government of Canada. Bicknell's Thrush Rich with photos, sounds, video, data and details

39. Ocean Planet: Oil Pollution NOAA scientist collects samples from a rock sole after an oil spill, 1989 Bottomdwelling fish exposed to compounds released after oil spills may http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html

The text on this site is presented as an archival version of the script of "Ocean Planet," a 1995 Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition. The content reflects the state of knowledge at the time of the exhibition, and has not been updated. The information on this buoy is divided into the three categories listed below. Sources Accidents Cleanups When it comes to mixing oil and water, oceans suffer from far more than an occasional devastating spill. Disasters make headlines, but hundreds of millions of gallons of oil quietly end up in the seas every year, mostly from non-accidental sources The graph below shows how many millions of gallons of oil each source puts into the oceans worldwide each year Down the Drain: 363 Million Gallons Used engine oil can end up in waterways. An average oil change uses five quarts; one change can contaminate a million gallons of fresh water. Much oil in runoff from land and municipal and industrial wastes ends up in the oceans. 363 million gallons Road runoff adds up Every year oily road runoff from a city of 5 million could contain as much oil as one large tanker spill Routine Maintenance: 137 Million Gallons Every year, bilge cleaning and other ship operations release millions of gallons of oil into navigable waters, in thousands of discharges of just a few gallons each. 137 million gallons

40. Angiel EnviroSafe Mapping and discovery of oil spills, pollutants through vegetation stress, and oil pipeline monitoring. http://www.angielenvirosafe.com

Angiel EnviroSafe, Inc. An environmental company using airborne remote sensing for GIS applications Oil spill detection and mapping Fire mapping and detection Wetland Mapping Geothermal mapping Marine mammal counts Ground water discharge Thermal discharge mapping (including pollutants) Search and rescue Soil moisture studies Plant stress detection Geothermal exploration Volcanology Locating buried pipelines Pipeline leak discovery, monitoring, and mapping Ground water discharge Offshore spring mapping Military applications, homeland security and more Fire mapping: The fire mapping shown below from the US Forest Service. Plant stress: The following USDA image (and most of the text) is a thermal image of a cotton canopy that was part of a water and nitrogen study in Arizona. Blues and greens represent lower temperatures than yellow and orange. The image, showing plant stress, was acquired with a thermal scanner, similar to the Daedalus shown below. Most of the blue rectangles (plots) in the image correspond to high water treatments. However, note that many of the patterns do not correspond to the treatment plots, but represent the natural variability in soil conditions across the field. If the field above were irrigated uniformly, some areas of the field would receive more water than the plants need, while other areas would not receive enough.

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