Coastal environment

Com base no volume de rejeitos lançados e na extensão das áreas atingidas, o rompimento da Barragem de Fundão, em Mariana, Minas Gerais, foi o maior desastre ambiental de todos os tempos na mineração brasileira, e um dos mais graves do mundo. Ao serem transportados a jusante da barragem rompida, os rejeitos foram se acumulando ao longo dos rios e alcançaram o estuário do Rio Doce, na ecorregião marinha do Leste brasileiro, afetando importantes ecossistemas.

Based on the volume of tailings releases and the distance they travelled, the Fundão Dam failure in southeast Brazil (Mariana, Minas Gerais state) was the largest ever environmental disaster in Brazil’s mining industry, and one of the world’s most serious. As they dispersed downriver, the tailings accumulated along the riverbanks and reached the Rio Doce estuary in the Eastern Brazilian Marine Ecoregion.

CONTENTS:

Unit A2 1: Physical Processes, Landforms and Management

Option A Plate Tectonics – Theory and Outcomes; Option B Tropical Ecosystems – Nature and Sustainability; Option C Dynamic Coastal Environments; Option D Climate Change – Past and Present

VOLUME I Table of contents:

This beautifully illustrated series was compiled by a group of talented specialists in the marine and coastal field. It provides a wealth of scientifically established facts on the South African coast for use by the public, schools, libraries and coastal communities. There are over 200 fact sheets and 6 posters.