The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events between 2017 and 2017 Deselect
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- 1 0 Events (Disaster)
- 100 0 Events (Disaster)
- 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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On 16 November 2017, about 795,000 litre of cruide oil gushed out of the Keystone Pipeline in Marshall County, South Dakota. The pipeline company, TransCanada, said in a statement that the South Dakota leak was detected around 6 a.m. local time on Thursday. The pipeline was shut down, and the cause of the leak was under investigation.
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On 21 April 2017, a ferry carrying 140 passengers crashed into a pier where pipes were located on the main island of Gran Canaria, prompting an oil spill. The pipes leaked 60,000 litres of oil into waters surrounding the towns of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Telde, according to the regional government.
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On 4 March 2017, the 4,290-tonne cruise ship Caledonian Sky, owned by British company Noble Caledonia, crashed coral reef near Kri Island, off Raja Ampat, Indonesia. It was one of the most beautiful coral reef areas in the world. Caledonian Sky was completing a bird-watching tourism trip on Waigeo Island when it veered slightly off course. It ran aground during low tide, smashing through the coral reefs. About 1,600 meter squares of coral reef were damaged after the incident.
