Oil Rig Disaster And Cleanup

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From Intute blog posted on June 15th, 2010 by Nicky Harrison :

Stopping the oil – an interactive guide (BBC)
Technical specs for Deepwater Horizon oil rig
Deepwater Horizon Response
Deepwater petroleum exploration & production: a nontechnical guide (Google Books partial preview)

see also:
BP accused over oil ‘cost cuts’ (Press Association)
Barack Obama calls for clean-energy push (BBC)
UK deep-water oil drilling given the all-clear by energy minister Huhne (Aberdeen Press and Journal)

 

Localized Pollution Potentially Plays Large Role In Future Climate Change

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Localized Pollution Potentially Plays Large Role in Future Climate Change
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

Short-lived gases and particle pollutants — which stay in the atmosphere for just days or weeks — have a greater influence on Earth’s climate than previously thought, according to a new NOAA-led report released today as part of the series of Synthesis and Assessment Reports coordinated by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. The report also says that while these pollutants are generated locally they will have global climate implications.

Such short-lived pollution includes black carbon (soot), low-altitude ozone, nitrates and sulfates. Each type of pollution influences surface temperatures differently — from the cooling influence of sulfate particles, which tend to reflect sunlight, to the warming characteristics of heat-absorbing black carbon.

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