Ice & Fire: the Burning Question

With the Arctic opening up to new shipping routes and increased oil exploration and production due to climate change, the risk of an Arctic oil spill is increasing. Of the classic oil spill response methods (mechanical recovery, dispersants and in-situ burning), in-situ burning is considered to be p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: van Gelderen, Laurens, Jomaas, Grunde
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
SDG 13 - Climate Action
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Arctic
Climate change
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/405d6c53-18dd-4cdf-ad94-5d1feb96dde8
https://issuu.com/frontierenergy/docs/fe_17spring_17_lr
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Summary:With the Arctic opening up to new shipping routes and increased oil exploration and production due to climate change, the risk of an Arctic oil spill is increasing. Of the classic oil spill response methods (mechanical recovery, dispersants and in-situ burning), in-situ burning is considered to be particularly a suitable response method in the Arctic. In-situ burning aims to remove the oil from the marine environment by burning it from the water surface. A recent Ph.D. thesis from the Technical University of Denmark has provided some new insights with respect to the fire science behind this response method.

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