The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events between 2001 and 2001 Deselect
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- 200 0 Events (Disaster)
- 300 0 Events (Disaster)
- 400 0 Events (Disaster)
- 500 0 Events (Disaster)
- 600 0 Events (Disaster)
- 700 0 Events (Disaster)
- 800 0 Events (Disaster)
- 900 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1000 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1100 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1200 2 Events (Disaster)
- 1300 3 Events (Disaster)
- 1400 2 Events (Disaster)
- 1500 2 Events (Disaster)
- 1600 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1700 4 Events (Disaster)
- 1800 26 Events (Disaster)
- 1900 5 Events (Disaster)
- 1910 6 Events (Disaster)
- 1920 6 Events (Disaster)
- 1930 7 Events (Disaster)
- 1940 7 Events (Disaster)
- 1950 15 Events (Disaster)
- 1960 25 Events (Disaster)
- 1970 106 Events (Disaster)
- 1980 139 Events (Disaster)
- 1990 271 Events (Disaster)
- 2000 30 Events (Disaster)
- 2001 32 Events (Disaster)
- 2002 39 Events (Disaster)
- 2003 37 Events (Disaster)
- 2004 44 Events (Disaster)
- 2005 47 Events (Disaster)
- 2006 46 Events (Disaster)
- 2007 57 Events (Disaster)
- 2008 119 Events (Disaster)
- 2009 286 Events (Disaster)
- 2010 315 Events (Disaster)
- 2011 293 Events (Disaster)
- 2012 231 Events (Disaster)
- 2013 331 Events (Disaster)
- 2014 366 Events (Disaster)
- 2015 374 Events (Disaster)
- 2016 341 Events (Disaster)
- 2017 310 Events (Disaster)
- 2018 25 Events (Disaster)
- 2019 4 Events (Disaster)
- 2020 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2021 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2022 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2023 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2024 0 Events (Disaster)
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A huge explosion ripped through AZF (Azote de France) fertiliser factory in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Toulouse, southwest of France, on 21 September 2001. The explosion had occurred in a warehouse in which granular ammonium nitrate was stored flat, separated by partitions.
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The Zainab, a Georgian-flagged tanker, was carrying 1,300 tonnes of fuel oil when it sank off the port of Jebel Ali, south of Dubai. There were fears that the spill would reach the coastline and the desalination plants which supply Dubai with fresh water.
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A freighter carrying sulfuric acid sank in the Bay of Biscay off the northern coast of Spain on March 20, 2002. The Balu, a 24-year-old Maltese-registered ship, sank en route from Frederiksen, Denmark to the south of Spain. The ship was carrying about 8,000 tons of sulfuric acid when it sank about 136 miles north of the Spanish coast.
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On 16 January 2001, the Ecuadorean-registered tanker Jessica ran aground at Wreck bay, at the entrance to the port of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, the capital of the Galápagos Province, located on the southwestern coast of San Cristóbal Island. A total of 800 000 litres of diesel and fuel oil spilled into the sea.
