Gulf oil catastrophe critical

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              (Message # 27: 3655 bytes)
              Date:      Sun, 11 Aug 91 21:07:05 EDT
              From:      14ichael Wrazen (PBMA) 
              To:        CERL@S5.INFO.WPAFB.AF.MIL
              cc:        Mwrazen@PICA.ARMY.MIL
              Subject:   uwait

              Please pass this on to Dr. Ed Smith

              Message #11100 - BioNeWS - Enviromental News
                 Date : 07-Aug-91 22:49
                 From : William Bowles
                    To : All
              Subject : Impacts Of Kuwaiti Oil Fires

              AREA:BIONEWS
              12:27 pm Aug 7, 1991
              Source: Peacenet
              (Fido:250/222) igc:cgilbert
              Conf:mideast.gulf
              Below is from Environment, Technology,      Soc4ety_, No. 64 (Summer
              1991), NEWSLE77TER OF THE SECTION ON ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY,
              AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, P.4:

              "IMPACTS OF KUWAITI OIL FIRES

                    "Claire W. Gilbert is deeply involved in creating a new
              organization to focus on the ecological impacts of the oil well
              fires in Kuwait and Iraq. She and some other groups are attempting
              to mobilize government officials to be more attentive to data
              collection and analysis, and public discussion of both the
              ecological impacts of and political factors surrounding Iraqls
              political decision to ignite the we@ls.
                    "Gilbert notes that the meteorological conditions produced by
              these massive fires may represent a new climatological shift,
              different from global wa=ing or oil winter. She notes that the
              particulate emissions of these fires approximate total particulate
              emissions from all current auto usage worldwide. Among possible
              effects of these oil fires are: lower humidity, stronger winds
, or diminished sunlight.
              These have potential impacts on agriculture as well as even wider
              climatological effects, to which little scientific attention is
              being paid. Green Action Australia and Earth alliance Alert
              (Seattle) are both involved in this emergent network of concern.
                    "Members interested in this issue, who want to share their own
              information, or gather others' information, should contact Dr.
              Gilbert, who is attempting to start a newsletter.
                         "Dr. Claire W. Gilbert
                         110 NE 19th Avenue, No. 3
                         Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
                         Phone: 305-429-9469
                         Electronic: ECONet:cgilbert"

              Message #11041 - BioNews - Enviromental News
                 Date : 05-Aug-91 07:48
                 From : William Bowles





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