Essays about: "Deepwater"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word Deepwater.

  1. 1. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN ECOLOGICAL CRIME : A CASE STUDY OF THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Natasha Otero; [2022]
    Keywords : corporate crime; criminology theory; environmental crime; green criminology; treadmill of production;

    Abstract : Our drive to achieve economic development and growth is driving our planet to an unprecedented level of ecological destruction. The structural forces of capitalism together with a culture of consumerism is pushing the environment to its limits causing climate change, pollution and threatening the wellbeing of humanity and the ecosystem. READ MORE

  3. 2. Leverage Points in O&G Deepwater Well Construction Improving the company man´s workplace by interventions at the systems level

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Victor Nazareth; [2022]
    Keywords : Deepwater; Expertise; Human Factors; Leverage Points; Oil Gas; Operational Excellence; System Effects; Well Construction; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The oil and gas industry is an activity that simultaneously resembles formula one and space missions. By the formula one´s side, it operates close to technological limits. And by the space missions’ side, several experimental or semi-experimental technologies are broadly used. O&G industry is indeed a high-risk socio-technical system. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ocean Exploration with Artificial Intelligence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Sarah Al-Khateeb; Lisa Bodlak; [2021-07-06]
    Keywords : computer science; deep learning; generative adversarial networks; data augmentation; object detection; underwater image; computer vision;

    Abstract : Large and diverse data is crucial to train object detection systems properly and achieve satisfactory prediction performance. However, in some areas, such as ma rine science, gathering sufficient data is challenging and sometimes even infeasible. Working with limited data can result in overfitting and poor performance. READ MORE

  5. 4. Predation as a driver of reproductive isolation : Differences in predation risk between whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) spawning habitats

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Benjamin Lindberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Coregonus lavaretus; reproductive isolation; predation; spawning habitat; spawning time;

    Abstract : The origin and maintenance of much of natural biodiversity can likely be explained by theecological speciation theory. Ecological speciation is defined as the process whenreproductive isolation arises through divergent selection caused by ecological factors, such asbiotic interactions and abiotic conditions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Climate change beliefs, environmental policies support and the fossil fuels industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Tommaso Piseddu; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental Policies; Climate Change Beliefs; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Coal Plants;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to provide a contribution to the analysis of how relevant the presence of the fossil fuels industry is in shaping the attitudes toward climate change and environmental policies. This presence is studied in the form of coal plants at county-level and in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 in Louisiana, a state that largely relies on oil and gas extractive activities. READ MORE