A review of oil spill research in Canadian Arctic marine environments.

Autor: Heshka NE; Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta T9G 1A8, Canada. Electronic address: nicole.heshka@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca., Ridenour C; Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta T9G 1A8, Canada., Saborimanesh N; Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta T9G 1A8, Canada., Xin Q; Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta T9G 1A8, Canada., Farooqi H; Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta T9G 1A8, Canada., Brydie J; Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta T9G 1A8, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2024 Dec; Vol. 209 (Pt B), pp. 117275. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117275
Abstrakt: The Canadian Arctic is a large and diverse geographic area that encompasses a wide variety of environmental conditions and ecosystems. Over recent decades, marine transportation has increased across the Arctic and, as a result, so has the likelihood of an oil spill. The study of oil spills in the Arctic presents unique challenges compared to temperate marine environments, due to remoteness, cold temperatures and the presence of snow and ice throughout much of the year. This review summarizes and discusses the fate of oil in the Canadian Arctic. A brief introduction to the Canadian Arctic and sources of potential petroleum spills is provided, followed by discussions of the behaviour of oil in ice and freezing temperatures, oil-sediment interactions, and the weathering and natural remediation of oil under Arctic conditions. A summary of perspectives concludes the review, with emphasis on possible areas of future work to address research gaps.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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