Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage
Resumen:
This video shows how acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine has affected Wildcat Branch in Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest. Macroinvertebrates and the larger animals that feed on them are almost entirely absent, and reproductive cycles have been completely disrupted.
Wide Shot of Oil Rig Pumping
Temas: Ciencias de la Tierra,
Ciencia,
Tecnología
Idioma: Inglés
Nivel escolar: Pre-K | 5 años,
Grado K | 6 años,
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Publicado: Jun. 27, 2011
Publicado por: Teachers Domain
Resumen:
This Building Block video features a wide-shot of a working pumpjack, or grasshopper oil rig, caught between the beige earth and bright blue sky.
Acid Mine Drainage Remediation
Resumen:
In this video, an environmental technologist visits an abandoned coal mine in Kentucky to talk about how a remediation system (a series of settling ponds and treatment cells) is neutralizing the acid drainage from the mine and preventing damage to a creek downstream.