Czernobyl, what else?
2007-05-31 06:17:36 · 5 answers · asked by marta_notaro 1 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Exxon Valdez
Saddam lighting Iraq's oil fields in 1991
2007-05-31 06:34:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big oil spills which happened a lot in the 80s before the invention of the double-hulled tanker. The wreck of the Exxon Valdez is the one most people remember.
I vividly remember the Union Carbide incident in Bhopal, India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_Disaster
I'm sure there are more, but you asked for well-known so I only listed the ones I can remember. I'm 36 though, and someone older or younger might remember different things.
2007-05-31 06:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by polly_peptide 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holocene extinction event. Or the tsunami of the Indian Ocean a few years ago. Or the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. Or hurrican Katrina.
Edit: The Atlantic Empress isn't as well-known among common folk like me but in the scientific community ranks as one of the worst oil spill they know of in their lifetimes.
2007-06-01 13:41:59 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Mud and Land slides, Flash Floods, and Volcanic Explosions.
2007-06-03 14:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most known? Chernobyl and Valdez/Exxon. The atom bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Sad.
Those are big ones. Denial's not helping with the small stuff.
2007-05-31 07:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋