Environmental Disaster Who would have known that on April 20th 2010‚ the United States would soon be facing the worst environmental disaster. On that fateful day‚ an offshore oilrig named the “Deepwater Horizon” suffered an explosion. Seventeen people were injured and eleven people died from the accident. The damaged oilrig sank into the Gulf of Mexico the next day‚ and a one-by-five mile oil slick appeared in the ocean. At the time‚ it was unknown whether the oil was from the rig or if the
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Bingham Canyon or commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine is the world`s deepest man-made open pit mine for copper and gold‚ located near Salt Lake City‚ Utah. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group. According to “Top 10 Deep Open-pit Mines” article‚ since Bingham Canyon Mine started its operation in 1906‚ it has become the “granddaddy” of all copper mines with a diameter of 2.75 miles (4‚5km) and a depth of 0.75 mile (1‚2km). In fact‚ Bingham Canyon Mine is also called "the richest hole on Earth” for the
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Jason Bohn‚ Brian Louis‚ Jacob Etheredge‚ Dave Dufty| Practicum for Project Management | April 1‚ 2013 Dan Monzon‚ Jason Bohn‚ Brian Louis‚ Jacob Etheredge‚ Dave Dufty| Practicum for Project Management | April 1‚ 2013 Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Table of Contents Intro 0 Body 0 Give It That Finishing Touch 0 Add a Table of Contents 0 Add a Bibliography 0 Get Started Right Away When you click this placeholder text‚ just start typing
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in the southern part of the United States in an area that receives heavy rain. During the weekend‚ a major water pipe broke and flooded the first floor. The water caused extensive damage to the servers‚ which were also on the first floor. Create a disaster plan to prevent this sort of problem from happening in the future. Proposed solution: The way in which XYZ Computers has their IST Department set up currently is susceptible to many threats. The lack of a firewall is an open invitation for data to
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Parc mine is a larger site than the Bwlch Glas mine. The area can be split into two distinct sections; the north and south. The south section of the mine is home to the underground mine entrance. From this‚ contaminated‚ red coloured water flows northwards. It flows through a number of limestone buttresses to neutralise the pH. This water flows into a valley (figure *). On the sides of the valley‚ trees can be seen growing‚ although appear to be experience stunted growth. Also on these slopes‚ fragments
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Chilean Mine Collapse Timothy E. Smith BCOM/275 September 8‚ 2013 Dr. William Rankin Abstract On August 5‚ 2010 a mine owned by Minera San Esteban in Northern Chile‚ collapsed trapping 33 workers 2‚300 feet underground for a length of two months. While trapped underground the normal shift leader managed the workers lives allowing them to survive until they were rescued. Because the ventilation shafts were not damaged during the collapse‚ the miners were able to breathe fresh air. A year after
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A nucleotide mutation repeats short DNA sequences a number of times in a row. A substitution is where one or more bases in the DNA sequence is replaced by the same number of bases. There were many short and long term effects after the Chernobyl disaster that would affect plants‚ animals‚ and humans. One of the animals that was affected nearby was a mutated catfish in the Pripyat River. The radioactivity from the
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mining companies soon wanted to develop a mine (Kleeman‚ 2009). To protect the environment‚ the Federal Government inquired into the suitability for a mine‚ more specifically the Ranger mine‚ to be built in Kakadu (Kleeman‚ 2009). This report recommended a mine be built so an agreement was signed and the mine was opened in 1980 (The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation‚ n.d.). The Ranger mine’s sale of uranium ore has exceeded $3 billion (Kleeman‚ 2009). The mine uses water collected from creeks to extract
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Natural Disasters This being my senior project I wanted to look at a topic that I found interesting. Even though I find most topics in the fields interesting‚ none catch my attention better than natural disasters. I have always found disasters intriguing and have wanted to know more about them. The disaster that I found most interesting were Hurricanes. The thought of those storms with their power gives me the chills. Ever since I was in the middle of Hurricane Bob when I was vacationing
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Chilean Copper Mine BCOM/275 Resource: ―Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse‖ article found in the Electronic Reserve Readings. Research additional articles and information about the Chilean mine collapse. Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper using this and other articles as a resource. Because communications must be designed with the audience in mind‚ answer the following questions: What are some considerations to remember given the different roles and people in the audience
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