Description: Independent collection of news articles relating to the affects of coal burning on the ocean environment. Ocean Acidification Review has a compilation of damage to oceans and atmosphere presented on Google Earth.
coal mining (45) ocean acidification (12) tar sands (7) coal burning (1) ocean ph balance (1)
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The lone tanker in view, the Bum Shin, looks impressive in size. It is 19,997 dead weight tons. The expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline will triple the amount of bitumen shipped from the Port of Vancouver. The Bum Shin is way smaller than the Afrimax-sized tankers, up to 245 meters in length and maximum capacity of 120,000 tons, that will be carrying tar sands bitumen out between Canada's Gulf Islands and the American San Juan Islands and around the south end of Vancouver Island. The extraction and bur
This website is about the ocean and how it is being changed by the burning of fossil fuels, over-fishing and pollution. There is also information about alternative energy strategies. Also noted are ocean pH (acid) readings from a few places on the globe (from friends in wet places).