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The two diamond mines are located in Ekati and Diavik, both in Canada's Northwest Territories. Ekati is the picture's northernmost section. The photographs show Diavik, which spreads into the lake and is located in the south. For the majority of the year, these mines can only be visited by plane.
These mines are located approximately 200 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle and approximately 320 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife.
Despite the fact that diamonds are created under great heat and pressure, they are extracted in this freezing, icy environment. The diamonds of the North formed nearly a billion years ago deep beneath the ground. Kimberlite volcanic outbursts in Canada's remote tundra brought these magnificent diamonds to the surface approximately 55 million years ago.
WHY THERE?-
Pressure and heat over hundreds of years formed coal in Appalachia. It was then used for mining.
Coal is in Appalachia because a long time ago lots of plants grew in swamps in the Appalachian region. These plants were buried and squeezed together over the course of millions of years causing coal to form. The conditions in Appalachia helped the coal form and gather there.
WHY CARE?-
The Canadian boreal forest, which extends from Newfoundland and Labrador on the Atlantic Coast to northeastern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, is the world's biggest unbroken forest.
Coal is a sedimentary rock used for fuel and energy generation.
Coal is a sedimentary black/brownish rock that is made up of the remains of plants that lived from millions of years ago. Coal is made from old plants and is used to burn things and make electricity, heat, and other things.
The business is fairly prosperous, and the Appalachian region is vital for coal transport. It's a huge industry.
Over 500 mountaintops have been destroyed as a result of mining. It has cleared over one million acres of forest, as well as over a thousand miles of streams that are critical to the area's waterbed. The earth has deteriorated severely. It has diminished biodiversity for the species that had previously lived there, negatively impacting the ecology.
It is a significant source of energy, yet it emits a lot of carbon, harming the
Alberta's oil sands formed millions of years ago when small marine animals died and sunk to the sea floor, where they were covered by layers of silt that applied enough pressure and heat to transform the organic matter into oil. Lighter hydrocarbons evaporated or were devoured by bacteria over time, leaving bitumen and water trapped in the sand, which is why the oil sands exist.
Oil Sands Northern Alberta
Alberta's oil sands has the fourth-largest oil reserves in the world, after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iran.The oil sands are a mixture of sand, water, clay and a type of oil called bitumen.
areas of Northern Alberta that have oil sand are Athabasca. Cold Lake. Peace River.
⅓ of the 4000 plants and animal's species rely on trees for their survival.
Up to 90% of what we buy is transported by ship.
Ships convey merchandise, people, and even weapons in our global economy. Although the flow is infinite, individual ships have a finite lifespan.
After around 25-30 years in operation, when a cargo ship becomes too expensive to maintain and repair, maritime corporations decommission it and have it scrapped for the valuable metals aboard.
The same may be said for any ship, including cruise ships.
pvc- major source of pollution and chemical hazard. PVC additives are highly toxic.
we want to move from a linear system to a circular system so waste doesn't build up in the landfill and we can use less natural resources
Grace The 125-year-old snapping turtle has been missing for more than a year. Some believe the turtles were buried alive while hibernating in a wetland that was filled in for development.
Archaeologists discovered what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at an ancient school in Canada in May 2021, bringing new attention to one of the country's most terrible chapters. Beginning in the 1880s and continuing throughout the twentieth century, the government forcibly removed over 150,000 children from hundreds of indigenous communities across Canada and transported them to what were known as residential schools. They were aimed to integrate and Christianize indigenous children by separating them from their parents, culture, and community. They were funded by the state and managed by churches. The youngsters were frequently labelled as savages and were prevented from speaking their native languages or practising their rituals. According to Anderson Cooper,
Brinsh columbia s government has claimed that over 20 of their forests sull contain old growth but a recent independent study found only 2 7 could truly be classified as such despite the reality that such little of this ancient ecosystem remans bc government and corporations continue to log across unceded forests for this reason in august of 2020 when it was revealed that teal jones group would begin road construction to log within the fairy creck watershed forest defenders quickly mobilized to halt logging operations throughout unceded pacheedaht and dindaht territories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ExjtErblo&t=1s
East Coast Mi'kmaq and Sipekne'katik First Nations- Aboriginal Rights to fish a moderate amount for food, community and ceremonial reasons- starting the lobster trapping season early in protest of having to compete with bigger industrial fisheries that are harvesting and taking the lobster for a large profit with million dollar boats, while the FN are using 20 ft boats.
Government: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO is in charge of safeguarding our waters and managing Canada's fisheries and ocean resources.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rift-develops-over-n-w-t-s-diavik-diamond-mine-1.171575
the first nations communities in the area of the Diavik mine perspectives are divided, some people are for the mine and that to push to get the needs they feel that they require but others worry that it sets dangerous precedent and will lead to more damage.
I feel that they were right to make the decision that logging will no longer continue logging without their consent because it is not okay to go on people's land and take tree resources without their knowledge and also destroy diabetes and the ecosystem.
A Life cycle analysis is......
For example we learned about the life cycle of a t shirt- some of the impacts for the video are......
The above video tells about the life cycle of a plastic bottle... from this video I learned.........
Renewable, Non-Renewable, Exhaustable, Inexhaustible
Renewable is..... For examples
trees forest, water,
Exhaustible resources are....
forest fishery agriculture
Non-renewable resources are....
coal, oil
Some non-renewable can be recycled such as......
metal cans mining oil
There are 7 Landform Regions in Canada.
From West to East they are:
My favorites are..... because........
of the wild life i like how the cmmuit is close togethrt and how they respct wildlife and cunnected to nature
The Living Planet Report 2022 is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet. This flagship WWF publication reveals an average decline of 69% in species populations since 1970. While conservation efforts are helping, urgent action is required if we are to reverse nature loss.
Natural resources often come with conflict over how to use them. In this case, protestors in Germany are worried about the expansion of coal.
The Boreal Forest is a critical ecological and environmental habitat for the Earth's ecosystems. Auditors determined that Kimberly Clark, a forest industry corporation, was clear cutting the forest, which is an unsustainable resource use practise. Greenpeace launched the Kleercut campaign to raise awareness of the issue and seek solutions that would benefit everyone.
Environmental: more sustainable logging practices to maintain habitat and the carbon sink
Economy: we still need the jobs and services (toilet paper and Kleenex)
Social: we need a source of fibre for making kleenex and toilet paper)
Cultural: Indigenous communities need to be consulted
Stakeholders: Industry (Kimberly Clark), Government, Forestry workers (loggers), consumers, Indigenous, future generations, animals of the Boreal
Big Lonely Doug was a Douglas Fir discovered by a forest engineer in an area of trees- a cut block- a part of trees being monitored for logging. He preserved it- it was one of the largest trees he had ever seen- and he had been working in the logging industry on Vancouver Island for many decades.
This article was a well-written explanation of how the few surviving temperate rainforests on Vancouver Island are still being logged. The article causes.....
https://livingplanet.panda.org/
Wildlife numbers have decreased by 69 percent the living planet report 2022 is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet this flagship wwf publication reveals an average decline of 69 species populations since 1970 despite conservation efforts urgent action is required if we are to reverse nature loss
The Sundarbans in India, one of the world's biggest mangrove forests, are suffering the consequences of climate change. In the previous 25 years, four islands have been lost, and thousands of people have lost their homes.
