Sentences with phrase «of future oil spills»

Tests conducted last week of a novel technology that can greatly accelerate the combustion of crude oil floating on water demonstrated its potential to become an effective tool for minimizing the environmental impact of future oil spills.

«Now that we have quantified this missing piece of the puzzle, we can improve our real - time predictive capabilities in the event of a future oil spill.»

Not exact matches

Beyond improvements to fuel efficiency and oil spill remediation, there are currently few easy methods to generate a stable vortex in the lab, so the team hopes their discovery of the «blue swirl» can serve as a natural research platform for the future study of vortices and vortex breakdown in fluid mechanics.

The study, aimed at quantifying the small - scale circulation that can not be captured by satellite - based altimeter measurements or general circulation models, has immediate practical applications to help better predict the path of catastrophic pollutant events, such as from future oil spills or nuclear disaster events.

BOULDER, COLORADO — As the gulf oil spill grows, scientists here are refining models of the slick's behavior in hopes of developing a more accurate picture of its future movements.

En masse, they form a mechanical multitude an order of magnitude larger than any robot swarm ever built — a possible precursor to future robot work squads choreographed for chores such as cleaning up oil spills.

This has implications for future oil spills and how we take advantage of the natural environmental response.»

In the wake of 1989's massive Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound, when 11 million gallons of oil befouled some 1,300 miles of formerly pristine and wildlife - rich coastline, much has been done to prevent future spills of such magnitude.

By sequencing the genome of this oil - eating microbe, the scientists hope to harness its power to help clean up future oil spills.

Deep - sea oil exploration will probably release future spills, Solomon says, and global warming could destabilize large undersea deposits of frozen methane, leading to local ocean acidification or oxygen depletion (SN 7/31/2010).

In the future, when fossil fuels are no longer the leading source of energy around the world and oil platforms aren't pumping oil from beneath the ocean floor, we won't have to worry about oil spills, but unfortunately, ocean pollution from spills, leaks and other sources is still a reality.

Obama took a beating by environmentalists for pushing to open up offshore oil and gas production, and this disaster just exacerbates it; I wonder if the loss in credibility with environmentalists because of this spill is enough to substantially undermine future energy policy initiatives.

It is a future in which the IWC plays a primary role in the health and protection of our oceans, a future in which the body exerts greater leadership in respect to the raft of threats that jeopardize all marine life, whether it be oil spills, radioactive contamination, entanglement in fishing gear and marine debris, ship strikes, chemical and noise pollution, emerging diseases, climate change or all of these cumulatively and synergistically.

Scientists, environmental leaders and hundreds of thousands of citizens across the country had urged the president to take action to protect critical habitat from oil spills, to aid the transition to a clean energy future and to help the United States meet the carbon reduction goals necessary to avert the worst effects of global climate change.

As a surfer, sailor and business leader who experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of the 2010 BP oil spill, Jennifer's background contributes to protection of the ocean and coasts for the future

«As a surfer, sailor and business leader who also experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of the 2010 BP oil spill, Jennifer's wealth of experience and background will contribute to our mission to protect the ocean and coasts for the future.»

To add insult to injury, if an oil spill were to occur, the cleanup expense (like all other expenses) would be deducted from the amount of PRRT to be paid, or if no PRRT is yet being paid, would be added to the PRRT «credits» that reduce any future PRRT payments.

«There has been significant progress over the last few months in enhancing the safety of future drilling operations, and in addressing some of the weaknesses in spill containment and oil spill response,» said Director Bromwich.

Future rulemakings may take into consideration information developed by ongoing investigations into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, or as a result of public comments on the recently issued Drilling Safety Rule.

This report's recommendations will assist federal, state, local, and tribal policymakers; non-governmental organizations; industry; academia; and anyone interested in the future of this special region to protect it from the impacts of damaging oil spills.

Chevron and other giant energy companies are demanding a TTIP investment chapter that will allow them to sue governments if environmental or other regulations interfere with their expected future profits by, for example, restricting oil and gas drilling, imposing pollution and oil spill controls or constraining the use of hydraulic fracking techniques to extract natural gas and oil from shale formations.

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As the race to stake claims for future oil drilling in the Arctic takes off in anticipation of an ice - free region sooner rather than later, and as oil companies and Congress members continue to push for the US to drill in the Arctic, here are some sobering words from the head of the Coast Guard on how woefully unprepared the US is to deal with an oil spill there (h / t Climate Progress).

As the US grants Shell its final permit to drill off the coast of Alaska, Russia, too, continues to prepare for a future with Arctic drilling as it takes steps to improve environmental safety in the Timan - Pechora tundra after a series of oil spills in recent years.

Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of oil extraction and spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to future offshore Arctic oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.

Would an arbitrary punitive damage cap of $ 250,000 in a case like the Ford Pinto or Exxon Valdez oil spill deter a multi-billion dollar corporation from committing violations in the future?

Then, just 10 days before the April 30 expiration of the credit, catastrophe struck the Gulf Coast, and real estate practitioners there headed into the summer with an out - of - control oil spill and lots of unknowns about their region's future.

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