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Environmental Impacts from the Miami Harbor Deep Dredge Project - Going Beyond the Murky Headlines
| 题名： | Environmental Impacts from the Miami Harbor Deep Dredge Project - Going Beyond the Murky Headlines |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | William F. Precht |
| 作者单位： | Dial Cordy & Associates Inc. Miami Florida (FL) USA |
| 摘要： | The Miami Harbor Phase III Deepening Project was the largest dredging project to be conducted in the region during the past decade. Specifically, Miami Harbor was the first of four eastern seaboard ports to be deepened to accommodate larger post-Panamax vessels. In total, five different dredges removed more than five million cubic yards of limestone and sand. Construction began in late 2013 and was completed in the summer of 2015. Dredging projects are often assumed to be damaging to the local environment. Thus, it should not be surprising that dramatic statements by project opponents were made about the effects of the dredging in Miami, specifically regarding the impacts by dredge-induced sediments to the adjacent offshore biological resources. However, these statements were based on a paucity of scientific data and one-off site visits. These comments garnered significant media attention and made for splashy 'doom and gloom' headlines. But was the story being portrayed to the general public accurate? Moreover, these headlines, newspaper articles, blog posts, and Op-Ed pieces forced many regulatory agencies into responding ad hoc to the purported on-going environmental catastrophe. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | World Dredging Mining |
| 卷： | 53 |
| 期： | 11/12 |
| 页码： | 29-33 |
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