As oil transportation worldwide continues to increase, many communities are at risk of oil
spill disasters and must anticipate and prepare for them. Factors that influence oil spill …

The ecosystem response to the 1989 spill of oil from the Exxon Valdez into Prince William
Sound, Alaska, shows that current practices for assessing ecological risks of oil in the …

As climatic changes and human uses intensify, resource managers and other decision
makers are taking actions to either avoid or respond to ecosystem tipping points, or dramatic …

The Arctic is one of the most rapidly changing places on Earth and it is a sentinel region for
understanding the range and magnitude of planetary changes, and their impacts on …

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …

Following the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989, effects were observed
across a wide range of habitats and species. The data allow us to evaluate direct and …

Oil spills are environmental disasters that impact human, plants, and wild life, such as birds,
fish, and mammals. This article has comprehensively reviewed the progress made in oil …

Since early history, humans have interfered with their environment. Early hominids
appeared about 6 million yr ago. Although the earliest humans were only able to partially …

Sea otter Enhydra lutris populations were severely affected by the 1989'Exxon Valdez'oil
spill in western Prince William Sound, AK, and had not fully recovered by 2000. Here we …

The formation of sea urchin 'barrens' on shallow temperate rocky reefs is well documented.
However there has been much conjecture about the underlying mechanisms leading to sea …