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SUBMITTER: Nordam T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673877 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nordam Tor T Dunnebier Dorien A E DAE Beegle-Krause C J CJ Reed Mark M Slagstad Dag D
Ambio 20171201 Suppl 3
We investigated the effects of a warmer climate, and seasonal trends, on the fate of oil spilled in the Arctic. Three well blowout scenarios, two shipping accidents and a pipeline rupture were considered. We used ensembles of numerical simulations, using the OSCAR oil spill model, with environmental data for the periods 2009-2012 and 2050-2053 (representing a warmer future) as inputs to the model. Future atmospheric forcing was based on the IPCC's A1B scenario, with the ocean data generated by t ...[more]