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At an Aug 2016 report card workshop in Sisal Mexico, scientists and representatives from the local government and private sector assembled to begin the process of developing an ecosystem health assessment of the Yucatan State coastline. This map diagram shows the approximate locations of the natural resources and human activities in this region.
The natural resources and human activities of the…
Above-ground water well used often in rural or undeveloped areas.
Well
Icon representing oil extraction.
Oil Derrick
The Arctic coastlines are highly variable, can be stable or extremely dynamic, and are the site of most of the human activity that occurs at high latitudes. Extraction of natural resources occurs in many locations around the Arctic Ocean creating the need for port facilities and the potential for pollution. These pressures are only likely to increase with time.
Human Dimension in the Arctic coastal zone
View of a fractionation plant in Cadiz, OH. A home can be seen on the right side of the image to give prospective of how close the facility is to a neighborhood.
Fractionation Plant
View of part of a fractionation plant in Cadiz, OH. A home can be seen on the right side of the image to give prospective of how close the facility is to a neighborhood.
Fractionation Plant
Salt evaporation ponds on the shoreline of Chilika Lake, Orissa, India.
Saltworks
Illustration of a bulk cutter, used for deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining: bulk cutter
Tool to mine the sea floor.
Deep sea mining: seafloor mining tool
Illustration of a support vessel for deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining: support vessel
Consol Energy Corporation, Port of Baltimore, MD, USA
Consol Energy Corporation, Port of Baltimore, MD…
Consol Energy Corporation, Port of Baltimore, MD, USA
Consol Energy Corporation, Port of Baltimore, MD…
The Arctic is a region that presents particularly challenging conditions for the oil industry and for responders due to the increasingly extreme weather conditions (cold, ice, hurricane force winds) and remote location with limited response infrastructure.
Arctic Drilling
The second line of defense for the workers and the well to prevent a blowout is the group of equipment called blowout preventers (BOPs). BOPs and associated valves are installed on top of the casing head before drilling ahead after rigging up. These high-pressure safety valves and associated equipment are designed to shut off the well hole and prevent the escape of the underground fluids and prevent a blowout from occurring.
Blowout Preventer
Positioned by multiple vessels, an attempt to contain an oil spill is made using temporary floating booms. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery easier. Booms help to concentrate oil in thicker surface layers so that skimmers, vacuums, or other collection methods can be used more effectively.
Oil Spill Containment
Illustration of a logging truck.
Logging truck
Alkaline chemicals are added to mitigate acid mine tailings. When water is added to the alkaline chemicals, the exothermic (heat releasing) reaction burned through the cubitainer.
Exothermic reaction
Acidic mine tailings are being mitigated by the addition of alkaline chemicals (white), entering the stream below the wooden structure.
Mitigating acid mine tailings
Oyster Gardeners in various communities participate in Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts through the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) by growing oysters over nine months for transplantation to oyster restoration reefs throughout Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oyster Gardening
Tide pools form in the lava rocks along portions of Maui's coast
Tide pools along the lava rocks of Maui's coast
Lava rocks form a portion of Maui's coast
Lava rocks along Maui coast
Salmon, Idaho
Private mines still worked
Conceptual diagram illustrating some guidelines in managing a project by informing citizens, and encouraging them to take action.
Producing results in environmental management
Illustration of hammer and chisel for mining
Mining: hammer and chisel
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