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A Framework for Advancing Oil Spill Science
A Framework for Advancing Oil Spill Science
Pages 61-67
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Advances in blowout prevention, use of the response toolbox concept, and development of risk assessment tools are a few examples of more effective, efficient, and holistic response operations. Great progress has also been made in the science of physical, chemical, and biological processes and reactions that influence the fate of oil in the marine environment.
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LONG-TERM FUNDING Oil spill science has been hindered by a boom-and-bust funding cycle and, consequently, the inability to sustain research and scientific expertise. More sustained funding is needed to support multi-disciplinary research projects that address current knowledge gaps, address new regulatory requirements, and improve response capabilities.
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so that their fate and effects can be understood and response operations can be planned and executed most effectively to reduce impacts. BASELINE KNOWLEDGE A lack of pre-spill data on factors including physical oceanography, critical species, and biogeochemical processes makes it difficult to compare with post-spill observations and assessment of remediation.
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, and especially field and laboratory studies pursuant to oil spills. RECOMMENDATION Long-Term Funding for Inputs, Fates, and Effects of Oil in the Sea As recommended in Oil in the Sea III, there remains a need for long-term, sustained funding focused on oil in the sea to support multi-disciplinary research projects that address current knowledge gaps, including those listed as Research Needs throughout this report.
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to conduct appropriate, time-critical research in situ, outside the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process, while having minimal or no interference with spill response activities. RECOMMENDATION Employing Advanced Analytical Techniques To answer questions asked for appropriate use in forensic analyses of spilled oils and other inputs and in damage assessment and response activities, relevant agencies and research communities should • Incorporate recent advances in analytical chemistry techniques in standardized protocols.
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, efficacy of response and mitigation options, data acquisition on natural attenuation and active remediation strategies including biodegradation kinetics at low temperature, and effects on higher organisms, populations, and ecosystems in Arctic waters and on shorelines. RECOMMENDATION Baseline Knowledge and Data There is a need to review how pertinent knowledge and data from numerous sources are most effectively assembled, made available, and archived, given the advances and gaps in understanding noted in this report.
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Optimum use of such archives will require development of data analytics, data quality control, and reporting standards for associated metadata to enable integration and interpretation by, and training of, inter-disciplinary teams. A Framework for Advancing Oil Spill Science 67
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