Managing cold environments
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- How can risks to cold environments be reduced?
- using technology - the trans-Alaskan pipeline
- discovering oil in Prudhoe Bay, northern Alaska, in 1969 stimulated a technological solution to Arctic sea ice preventing tanker movements in winter - a revolutionary 1300 km pipeline.
- the trans-Alaskan pipeline
- crosses two mountain ranges and 800 rivers
- is raised and insulated to prevent the hot oil melting the permafrost, while allowing caribou to migrate underneath
- is engineered to slide during earthquakes, but with automatic shut-off systems to see if there is a leak
- action by governments
- various laws and policies protect Alaska's unique environment, native people and marine habitats
- includes the US government managing protected wilderness areas and their abundant wildlife
- Antarctic treaty goes further by:
- preventing economic development
- promoting scientific research
- controlling tourism to keep disturbance at a minimum
- various laws and policies protect Alaska's unique environment, native people and marine habitats
- conservation groups
- conservation groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature are working with oil companies, Inuit organisations, local communities and government regulators to plan for a sustainable futures for the Arctic
- using technology - the trans-Alaskan pipeline
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