Essays about: "thesis on oil spill"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words thesis on oil spill.
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1. Pilot Study: Test Rig for Self-lubricating Kaplan Runner Bearings
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Hydropower has a relatively small impact on the climate and contributes to almost half of Sweden’s electricity production. Vattenfall own and operate roughly 125 large scale hydro power units of which about half utilizes a Kaplan turbine. READ MORE
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2. 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)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
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3. Comparing radar satellites. Use of Sentinel-1 leads to an increase in oil spill alerts in Norwegian waters
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Radar’s ability to detect oil spills through clouds, fog, and darkness is a significant advantage. Oil spill alert services using radar satellites have been in use in Norway for more than 25 years. After introducing two radar satellites Sentinel-1A and 1B in 2015-2016, the number of oil spill alerts has increased by 250% in Norwegian waters. READ MORE
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4. Optimization of solid-phase extraction (SPE) as sample preparation for oil samples in forensic investigations.
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknikAbstract : Oil spills, especially in water have happened throughout the years. The consequences from this kind of incident have always been a threat to marine life and take a lot of money and time to clean up. READ MORE
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5. Climate change beliefs, environmental policies support and the fossil fuels industry
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : 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