Worldwide heavy oil and bitumen deposits amount to 9 trillion barrels of oil distributed in over 280 basins around the world, with Canada home to oil sands deposits of 1.7 trillion barrels. The global development of this resource and the increase in oil production from oil sands has caused environmental concerns over the presence of toxic compounds in nearby ecosystems and acid deposition. The contribution of oil sands exploration to secondary organic aerosol formation, an important component of atmospheric particulate matter that affects air quality and climate, remains poorly understood.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/oil-sands-operations-large-source-secondary-organic-aerosols
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/john-liggio
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shao-meng-li
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/katherine-hayden-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aerosols
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere
