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Oil Spills
In Oil Spills, the oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters. The Oil may be crude oil from the tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs, Oil wells, ships or in any other form. Impacts on Marine Life Plumage: The most important impact of the oil spills on the sea organisms is on the plumage ..
What is Keystone Pipeline Project?
The US president elect Joe Biden is expected to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline project. Keystone pipeline system The keystone pipeline system is an oil pipeline system in the United States and Canada. It was commissioned in 2010 and is owned by the Government of Alberta and TC Energy. The pipeline runs from the Western ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Keystone pipeline • Oil Pipeline • Oil Spills • Pipelines • US-Canada
Oil Spill in the Arctic region of Russia
Russia declared state of emergency after oil spilled into Ambarnaya river. The surface of the river turned crimson red. Highlights The Ambarnaya river slows into environmentally sensitive Arctic Ocean. The Thermoelectric power plant located at Norilsk has been built on a permafrost. The permafrost has weakened due to climate change and increase in temperature. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Ambaranaya river oil spill • Emergency • Environment • Oil Spills • russia oil spill
IISER Scientists develop Gelator to remove oil from spills
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram have developed gelator that can suck up oil and congeal it. The gelator is hydrophobic material that has property of oleilophilic (oil-loving) and takes up oil when it comes in contact with it. It can be used to recover marine oil spills with ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017
Topics: Disaster Management • Gelator • IISER • Oil Spills • Science and Technology
IISER Researchers develop Gelator to scoop out marine oil spills
Researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram have developed a compound named gelator to scoop out marine oil spills. They had produced gelators using glucose as a starting material and through several other chemical reactions. How it works? The gelator molecule is partly hydrophilic and partly hydrophobic. The hydrophilic part helps ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Topics: Gelator • IISER • Oil Spills • Science and Technology