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Pollution : Deep Sea Dumping

  • Deep-Sea Biodiversity and the Impacts of Ocean Dumping -- The discovery that the deep sea may be as biodiverse as a tropical rainforest comes at a time of mounting pressure to use every available square foot for development. A major problem of the 21st century will be what to do with the vast increases in waste that a growing population will produce. The oceans are likely to become an option for waste management in the future. Popular (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 2317 Rating: 6.43 Votes: 7) Rate It
  • Dredge Dumping -- About 400 million cubic yards of sediment are dredged each year by federal, state and local governments, and private interests such as marinas, to keep the nation's waterways open. One method for disposing of this dredged material is dumping it in the ocean. Some of the material is contaminated by pollutants and does not meet the environmental criteria which allow it to be dumped into the ocean. Popular (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 1407 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
  • A short history of the Earth's toxic seabed -- In one of the worst cases of deliberate atomic pollution, seven Soviet nuclear reactors with nuclear fuel aboard were dumped in the Arctic Kara Sea off the north of Russia. (Added: 20-May-2003 Hits: 984 Rating: 6.67 Votes: 6) Rate It
  • Ocean Dumping of Chemical Weapons -- From World War I until the 1970s, dumping of chemical weapons at sea was the accepted practice for disposal. This site provides detailed information on sites in the U.S., Europe, and Asia where chemical weapons have been dumped. (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 653 Rating: 7.50 Votes: 4) Rate It
  • Radioactive waste could be buried off coast of Scotland -- Scientists are trying to identify suitable sites for underground storage of up to half a million tons of radioactive material in Britain's nuclear power stations and experimental facilities. (Added: 20-May-2003 Hits: 389 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
  • Ships dumping sludge at sea -- "It happens where no one sees it: In the dead of night, on the high seas, ships dump tons of toxic, oily sludge into the Ocean — then falsify records to cover it up." (Added: 20-May-2003 Hits: 966 Rating: 4.00 Votes: 3) Rate It


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