Cumulative environmental effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's North Slope
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
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| Sprache: | English |
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Washington, D.C.
National Academies Press
c2003
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| Beschreibung: | "This project was supported by the Contract No. X-82827701 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."--T.p. verso. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-288) and index 1. Introduction -- 2. The human environment -- 3. The Alaska North Slope environment -- 4. History of oil and gas activities -- 5. Future oil and gas activities -- 6. Effects on the physical environment -- 7. Effects on vegetation -- 8. Effects on animals -- 9. Effects on the human environment -- 10. Filling knowledge gaps -- 11. Major effects and their accumulation "In response to the request from Congress, the National Academies established the Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope, which prepared this report. The committee was directed to review information about oil and gas activities (including cleanup efforts) on the North Slope and, based on its review, to assess the known and probable cumulative impacts of such activities on the physical, biotic, and human environments of the region and its adjacent marine environment."--P. 1 |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 288 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0309087376 0309506255 9780309087377 9780309506250 |