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- W2563135503 abstract "This article describes and assesses the impact of oil spillage and oil well fires on Kuwait and its sur- roundings, The marine ecology of the Arabian Gulf is shown to be relatively resistant to damage from oil spillage. The risks of the contamination of thermal desalination plants by oil and oil products are assessed, and remedies are suggested. Air pollution from burning oil wells is described and its con- sequences are predicted. Throughout history, the Arabian Gulf has been the mainstay of life for Kuwait. Before the discovery of and exploration for oil, the gulf was used by Kuwaitis as a principal route for trade from India, for the ex- traction of pearls, for high-grade protein from fish, and for recreation. Following the discovery of oil, the gulf played a much more important role in Kuwait's development. In an extremely arid nation of limited natural resources, the gulf provided cooling waters for the thermal power production that was needed for Kuwait's ambitious industrial and demographic ex- pansion, and through desalination represented an un- limited water resource for drinking and irrigation. Over the last three decades, electrical production ca- pacity has increased 191-fold, while desalinated water production increased 70-fold. Although, as a result of oil prosperity, the natural pearl industry has declined dramatically, the most modern fish resources manage- ment technologies were adopted, and during the last decade fish and shrimp landings underwent a very sig- nificant increase. A large number of expensive beach clubs, marinas, hotels, summer resorts, and waterfront projects were built along the shorelines of Kuwait. The Arabian Gulf is a land-locked, relatively shallow water body, in which evaporation exceeds pre- cipitation and runoff, giving rise to dense saline water, particularly in shallow waters such as in the Gulf of Kuwait. The maximum depth of the gulf close to the eastern shores is less than 40 m and averages 20 m. The turnover time for water in the gulf is estimated as 2-4 yr, while the flushing time, which must be par- tially controlled by exchange processes in the Strait of Hormuz, is estimated as being 3-5.5 yr. The probable circulation pattern in the Arabian Gulf is illustrated in Figure 1 (after Hunter 1986). The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, followed by a humili- ating defeat of the Iraqi forces by the Alliance, led the Iraqi leadership to use the environment as a means of revenge against the civilized world. Damage to the en- vironment in Kuwait took the following forms:" @default.
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- W2563135503 title "FORUM Comments on Current Environmental in Kuwait Events" @default.
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