Ecological Disasters - AP Biology by Dr. Brown https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs Add an image to the location of an ecological disaster that happened within the past 100 years. Besides an image, include a title of the disaster, the date of the disaster, and three other facts about the disaster. At the end of your statements, please add your name so that you receive credit for this assignment. en-us 2020-07-27 05:23:13 UTC 2024-10-14 06:13:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2604.png Chernobyl, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine - nuclear reactor disaster dbrown41 https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/663066117
  • April 26, 1986
  • # dead - 31 immediately, some believe 4,000 people eventually died of radiation exposure.
  • Radiative fallout throughout Europe
  • Pripyat, nearby city - too radioactive for human habitation for at least 24,000 years.

    • Dr. Brown
    ]]>     2020-07-27 05:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/663066117     Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696086366 •April 20, 2010 - September 19, 2010
    •Largest marine oil spill in US history - 4.9 million barrels 
    •Killed 11 people 
    •Oil covered 57,500 square miles of ocean and polluted 1,100 miles of shoreline

    Stephanie Friedman]]>     2020-08-24 22:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696086366     Great Smog Of London, United Kingdom https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696120946 • 5-9 December 1952
    • Lethal smog covered London and was caused by a combination of industrial pollution and high-pressure weather conditions.
    • Killed more than 12,000 people and hospitalized 1500.
    • Four years later, the UK enacted the Clean Air Act of 1956, banning the burning of all pollutants across the United Kingdom.

    Fatima Ezzahra Makkaoui 



    ]]>     2020-08-24 23:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696120946     Kuwait https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696293745 Kuwaiti Oil Fires (January 1991-November 1991.) 

    - caused by iraqi military forces setting fire to oil wells 

    - These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil fires in the history of the petroleum industry. 

    - between 25 and 50 million barrels of unburned oil pooled to create approximately 300 lakes that contaminated 40 million tons of sand and earth. 

    Carys Goldsmith

    ]]>     2020-08-25 01:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696293745     Forest fires 2019/20,Australia https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696449577 June 2019 to March 2020

    Biggest fire in Australia; bushfires are quit normal in Australia, but this fire was bigger then the fires before

    11 million hectares has burned
    reason for such A big fire are rising temperatures 

    Killed 33 people directly, more than 400 people died because of the air pollution

    Cassian Engelhardt ]]>     2020-08-25 03:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/696449577     Minamata Bay, Japan https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/698847725 Minamata Disease
    • First discovered in Minamata City in 1956 as a result of the industrial dumping of methylmercury from 1932 to 1968 by the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory.
    • Caused ataxia(degenerative disease of the nervous system), numbness in hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of vision, damage to hearing and speech, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death.
    • As of 2001, 2,265 people have been officially recognized, and 10,000 people have received financial compensation. Unknown exact number of people affected, however, there are still claims for compensation and lawsuits being filed till today.
    Conner Liang
    ]]>     2020-08-25 23:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/698847725     The Great East Japan Earthquake (Tohoku Region) https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/698930028
  • March 11, 2011
  • Had a magnitude of 9.0-9.1
  • After the earthquake, Japan was also hit with a massive tsunami (up to 133ft)
  • 15,899 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,529 people were missing
    • Nathan Le
    ]]>     2020-08-26 00:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/698930028     Valdivia Earthquake of 1960 https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/699112808 may 22nd, 1960

    Over 6000 people died, a 9.5 earthquake that caused tsunamis up to 27 meters high

    Cost of monetary loss up to 4.73 billion (adjusted to current inflation)

    Caulle Volcano erupted as a result, fortunately not causing any deaths. 

    Lorenzo Soleri

    ]]>     2020-08-26 03:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/699112808     2010 and 2011 Queensland Floods, Australia https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/699170425 - began in November 2010
    - started by cyclone Tasha
    - by January 2011, 75% of the state was impacted
    - 33 total dead, 3 bodies never found
    - estimated damage: $2.38 billion
    - 28,000 homes gone 

    Ashley Yudelevich
     ]]>     2020-08-26 03:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/699170425     Mauritius oil spill, https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/699441542 July 25, 2020
    • About 1,000 tonnes of fuel began to leak on August 6, threatening a protected marine park boasting mangrove forests and endangered species. 
    • Scienctist see this oil spill as a grave crisis that could lead to a loss of biodiversity.
    • Greenpeace Africa has warned that "thousands" of animal species were at risk of drowning in a sea of pollution, with dire consequences for Mauritius' economy, food security and health".

    Tony Tao



    ]]>     2020-08-26 08:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/699441542     Kraljevo, Serbia lmihajlovic21 https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701139724 Earthquake in Kraljevo, Serbia

    November 3, 2010

    -Earthquake had a magnitude of 5.5

    - More then 30000 homes were damaged and around 2000 were destroyed

    - Despite many people being hurt there were only two casualties

    Luka Mihajlovic]]>     2020-08-26 20:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701139724     Sichuan Earthquake - Jack https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701212035 Sichuan Earthquake struck at 14:28 GMT on Monday, May 12, 2008. The quake was measured a magnitude of 8.0ms on the Richter scale and a moment magnitude of 8.3mW (7.9MW, according to the US Geological Survey) and was about 11 degrees strong, according to the Earthquake Administration of the People's Republic of China. The earthquake's seismic waves have been confirmed to have encircled the earth six times. The earthquake affected more than half of China and many Asian countries and regions, as far north as Liaoning, east to Shanghai, south to Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Vietnam, west to Pakistan were felt.

    Sichuan earthquake on may 12 severely damaged the area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, among which, the extremely heavy disaster areas in total 10 counties (cities), the more serious disaster areas in total 41 counties (cities), the general disaster areas in total 186 counties (cities).]]>     2020-08-26 20:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701212035     Paradise, CA, USA https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701279614 -One of California's deadliest and most destructive wildfires
    -It happened on November 8, 2018.
    -85 deaths were announced, 296 unaccounted.
    -The fired burned 153,336 acres, 14,000 residences and more than 4,800 other buildings.
    -Took about 17 days to contain the fire (3 straight days of rain and 1,000 firefighters).
    -Fernanda 

    ]]>     2020-08-26 21:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701279614     2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami oclark22 https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701581126 On December 26th, 2004 a magnitude 9.1 earthquake ruptured 900 miles of fault along the Indian and Australian tectonic plates. In total, the tsunami that the earthquake triggered killed about 230,000 people. --Oona Clark]]> 2020-08-27 01:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701581126 Haiti Earthquake edaniels21 https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701804003 ~ Jan 12, 2010

    ~ It had a magnitude of 7.0 and    lasted 30 seconds.

    ~ Around 250,000 people died, over 300,000 were left injured, and millions were displaced.

    ~ Aside from its aftershocks, which lasted for weeks and reached magnitudes of over 4.0, the earthquake had many other types of aftershocks including environmental and infrastructural damage. 

    Esther Rose Daniels



    ]]>     2020-08-27 04:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701804003     Bhola Cyclone — East Pakistan (Present Bangladesh) https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701860337 • November 11, 1970
    • The deadliest cyclone recorded, with death toll estimated between 300,000 to 500,000.
    • Destroyed about 65% of the coastal regions’ fishing capacity. $63 million worth of crops and 280,000 cattle were lost.
    • As a result, about 1 million people had to rely on outside food relief for survival.
    Yuqi Wang]]>     2020-08-27 05:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/701860337     Three Mile Island Meltdown, March 28, 1979, Londonderry Township, PA, USA axiang21 https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/704219413 This meltdown was the most serious accident on the history of American commercial nuclear power plants. 

    Luckily, the accident did not cause any deaths, and only slightly released radiation to the citizens around that it could be ignored.

    Researches by organizations like Columbia University and University of Pittsburgh stated that this accident released radiation negligible to the natural surroundings. 

    source from U.S.NRC nrc.gov

    Andrew Xiang]]>     2020-08-28 02:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/704219413     Hiroshima, Japan https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/709216971 Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    August 6th, 1945
    - at least 70,000 people were directly killed by the bomb, most of whom were civilians
    - the affects of the radiation caused tens of thousands of more deaths through indirect causes.
    - lingering radiation in the region has been attributed to high rates of cancer (in particular, leukemia) and birth defects.
    - lingering radiation has changed the DNA of a lot of plant species in the region.

    -Kavi Subramanyan ]]>     2020-08-31 15:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dbrown41/ay79d7i331elmmcs/wish/709216971