{"id":136178,"date":"2010-06-08T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/?p=136178"},"modified":"2010-06-08T16:19:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:19:10","slug":"descontaminacion-de-los-vertidos-petroliferos-y-turberas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/2010\/06\/08\/136178","title":{"rendered":"Descontaminaci\u00f3n de los Vertidos Petrol\u00edferos y Turberas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muchos investigadores no parecen percatarse del\u00a0siguiente error:\u00a0no se debe intentar resolver un problema ambiental generando otro nuevo<\/span><\/strong>. Y este es el caso de la noticia que nos \u201cveden hoy\u201d. Al parecer, un sesudo y concienciado ambientalista, ha demostrado que el material de turba es un excelente absorbente de los vertidos petrol\u00edferos<\/span>. El problema<\/span> <\/strong>estriba en que los verdaderos expertos en el tema llevan tiempo advirtiendo que de seguir increment\u00e1ndose el ritmo de la extracci\u00f3n de turba<\/strong><\/span> para diversos prop\u00f3sitos comerciales, acabaremos con este tipo de suelos<\/span><\/strong>, que reportan muchos beneficios ambientales. Las turberas tardan cientos de a\u00f1os en formarse, siendo adem\u00e1s partes fundamentales de los humedales de todo el mundo y del bioma de Tundra<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"las-turberas-se-encuentran-amenazadas-por-los-multiples-uso-que-quiere-hacerse-de-sus-materiales-fuente-blog-de-rob-edwards\"\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Las Turberas se encuentran amenazadas por los m\u00faltiples uso que quiere hacerse de sus materiales. Fuente: Blog de Rob Edwards<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

El sesudo noruego, defiende que las propiedades absorbentes de la turba la hacen especialmente apta para absorber el \u201ccrudo\u201d de peque\u00f1os derrames y grandes vertidos<\/strong><\/span>. Si bien el primer caso, \u201cpudiera llegar a ser un posibilidad plausible\u201d en ciertos casos, el segundo deviene en atentado contra el medio ambiente, debido<\/span> <\/strong>a la ingente cantidad de toneladas que podr\u00eda requerir paliar la contaminaci\u00f3n del derrame de un gran buque petrolero.<\/p>\n

Es parad\u00f3jico que mientras muchos expertos se encuentren afanosamente buscando materiales alternativos que palien la creciente demanda de turba<\/span><\/strong>, para jardiner\u00eda, viveros y otros fines (ver nuestro post \u201cAprovechamiento de la Turba y Degradaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Humedales y Suelos<\/a>\u201d, aparezcan individuos como este, vendiendo una vez, m\u00e1s una forma de atajar problemas de contaminaci\u00f3n totalmente insustentable<\/span><\/strong>. Reiteramos que este \u201cexperto\u201d mete en el mismo saco la descontaminaci\u00f3n de peque\u00f1os enclaves de gran valor natural, con vertidos como el del Golfo de M\u00e9xico, que demandar\u00edan arrasar miles de kil\u00f3metros cuadrados de materiales procedentes de estos suelos, asolando paisajes terrestres y poniendo en riesgo la resiliencia de los ecosistemas en los que se encuentra<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Las turberas son<\/span> <\/strong>uno de los m\u00e1s grandes sumideros de carbono terrestre<\/span><\/strong>, adem\u00e1s de que, como ya apuntamos en otro post, devienen en bloques de memoria que preservan reliquias arqueol\u00f3gicas, paleontol\u00f3gicas e informaci\u00f3n paleoecol\u00f3gica muy valiosa<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resulta cada vez m\u00e1s palmario que los \u201cbrotes verdes\u201d que salen de los cerebros de personajes como este, son de la misma catadura que los de otros muchos vendemotos que tan s\u00f3lo buscan beneficios econ\u00f3micos, enmascarando sus verdaderos intereses<\/span><\/strong> desde ese mugre verdor que huele a desinter\u00e9s y rapi\u00f1a de la naturaleza. Lo dicho \u201cintertar\u201d paliar un problema generando otro, con todas seguridad<\/span><\/strong>. Inadmisible.<\/p>\n

Juan Jos\u00e9 Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peat Moss Could Be New Tool for Oil-Spill Clean-Ups<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ScienceDaily (<\/strong>Apr. 29, 2010<\/strong>)<\/strong> \u2014 Kallak Torvstr\u00f8fabrikk in Tr\u00f8gstad in eastern Norway has developed a peat moss mixture with unusually good absorbent qualities. <\/strong>The material could be a useful tool for clearing up oil-spills after minor incidents or major catastrophes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The three-man company has traditionally sold treated peat moss as a component of soil for flowering plants and as growth medium. <\/strong>But realising that the peat moss is a remarkably good absorbent, they began to find other potential uses for it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SINTEF \u00abExpertise broker\u00bb Leif Estensen connects researchers with companies that lack research and development experience. Three years ago, he brought Kallak and SINTEF together. An expertise broking project was set up with scientists from SINTEF’s Marine Environmental Technology department, with the aim of testing different types of peat moss and documenting their properties.<\/p>\n

The conclusions drawn from the testing programme were quite clear: the peat moss had excellent potential, as since its ability to take up oil was as good as, or in some cases even considerably better than, other products already available on the market<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Used in the \u00ab<\/strong>Full<\/strong> <\/strong>City<\/strong>\u00bb incident<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the summer of 2009, the Panama-registered \u00abFull City\u00bb <\/strong>ran aground off Langesund on the south-east coast of Norway, causing severe oil contamination<\/strong> along much of the coast. This incident gave Kallak Torvstr\u00f8fabrikk the chance to demonstrate the efficacy of its new product on land<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Svein Ramstad of SINTEF’s Marine Environment department says that the peat moss was deployed on a geological conservation area<\/strong> near Langesund and at Stavern. The area was heavily contaminated, and particular care needed to be taken. Gravel and stones were mixed with the peat moss and were laid back in their original position, to good effect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Further activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kallak Torvstr\u00f8fabrikk has recently developed a series of other products based on its peat-moss absorbent material<\/strong>, such as three metre-long \u00absausages\u00bb and buckets of peat moss, which the fire brigade and operators of heavy machinery can use in the event of spills of oil, diesel fuel or other environmentally hazardous liquids.<\/p>\n

The peat moss mixtures have been laboratory tested on various types of crude oil and bunkers oil. In 2008, the little company won an industrial research and development contract with Veolia Milj\u00f8 for product development and commercialisation, and it is now looking at potential sales elsewhere in Europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Story Source<\/strong>: Adapted from materials provided by SINTEF<\/a>, via AlphaGalileo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Muchos investigadores no parecen percatarse del\u00a0siguiente error:\u00a0no se debe intentar resolver un problema ambiental generando otro nuevo. Y este es el caso de la noticia que nos \u201cveden hoy\u201d. Al parecer, un sesudo y concienciado ambientalista, ha demostrado que el material de turba es un excelente absorbente de los vertidos petrol\u00edferos. El problema estriba en que los verdaderos expertos en el tema llevan tiempo advirtiendo que de seguir increment\u00e1ndose el ritmo de la extracci\u00f3n de turba para diversos prop\u00f3sitos comerciales, acabaremos con este tipo de suelos, que reportan muchos beneficios ambientales. Las turberas tardan cientos de a\u00f1os en formarse, siendo\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[608,603,594,605,600,585,606,595],"tags":[46813,46769,46814,1870,46812],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136178"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136379,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136178\/revisions\/136379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}