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Oil Spills First Principles

Marine oil spills are no longer considered unavoidable 'accidents' resulting from adverse environmental conditions or functions of catastrophic events. More than 80% of all spills are the result of 'human error'. The focus of the current legal, regulatory, and convention framework affecting the transportation of oil by ship reflects a recent change in public attitude, in which there is an ...

By Elsevier Inc.

The Use Of Chemicals in Oil Spill Response

The latest research and design developments in the area of oilspill control dispersants and other chemicals. This comprehensive volume provides up-to-date information on how best to deal with this environmental concern, with a special focus on three categories: Laboratory Work: Testing oil spill dispersants, water-in-oil emulsion breakers, and performance evaluation methods for oil spill chemical ...

By ASTM International

Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective

International experts in the field of oil spill response, including reprsentatives from 26 NATO countries, participated in a workshop in Canada to discuss their experience in the development and application of current and emerging technologies for oil spill response in the marine environment. These presentations which form the basis of chapters in this book provide a practical viewpoint of ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective

International experts in the field of oil spill response, including reprsentatives from 26 NATO countries, participated in a workshop in Canada to discuss their experience in the development and application of current and emerging technologies for oil spill response in the marine environment. These presentations which form the basis of chapters in this book provide a practical viewpoint of ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental Degradation of the Black Sea: Challenges and Remedies

The Black Sea currently faces severe ecological disequilibrium due primarily to eutrophication and other types of contamination from atmospheric, river and land-based sources. Among the most critical contemporary concerns are eutrophication and associated deterioration of water quality, plankton blooms, hypoxia and anoxia, loss of biodiversity and decline of living resources. The present ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters

Lessons learned in the last several years have given clear indications that the prediction and efficient monitoring of disasters is one of the critical factors in decision-making process. In this respect space-based technologies have the great potential of supplying information in near real time. Earth observation satellites have already demonstrated their flexibility in providing data to a wide ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Oil Spills First Principles

The Use Of Chemicals in Oil Spill Response

Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective

Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective

Environmental Degradation of the Black Sea: Challenges and Remedies

Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters

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