The mismatch between ambitious goals and moderate spill-over benefits in the industry ranges among the various open issues concerning TRIZ, its way of thinking, its effectiveness, the usability of its tools.
Even a moderate oil spill could undermine fragile food webs and ruin critical habitat.
Imagine even a moderate-sized oil spill in Alaska's Arctic Ocean.
The federal agency charged with protecting endangered species like the brown pelican and the Kemp's ridley sea turtle signed off on the Minerals Management Service's conclusion that deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico posed no significant risk to wildlife, despite evidence that a spill of even moderate size could be disastrous, according to federal documents.
At the time of the spill, experts described it as moderate in size but cautioned that it could have a dramatic effect on a region visited by rare seabirds, migrating whales, sea lions and dolphins.
Corexit 9500 and 9527, two dispersants used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, have low to moderate toxicity for most marine organisms but can enhance the toxicity of oil in others, including rotifers, coral larvae, and copepods.
Citing the American College of Sports Medicine, he adds that people should build up to complete at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity cardio respiratory exercise a week, spilt into three to five sessions a week of between 30 to 60 minutes.
Portal tracts were expanded, fibrotic and oedematous, with a moderate inflammatory infiltrate, mainly represented by lymphocytes with spill-over features and isolated granulocytes.
For Mrs. Wilkerson, 33, a moderate Democrat from Oakton, Va., who designs computer interfaces, the spill reinforced what she had been obsessing over for more than a year — that oil use was outstripping the world's supply.
According to BP's results, the NSW coast would have a 41% chance of being hit with "moderate shoreline contact" within as little as 48 days of a spill in winter months.
In an Oct. 27 briefing, the oil spill response command said 93 miles of coastline had moderate to heavy oil.
