The most extensive oil spill registered in tropical oceans (Brazil): the balance sheet of a disaster

MO Soares, CEP Teixeira, LEA Bezerra… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
This article presents a synthesis of information about the massive oil spill in Brazil
(2019/2020). The event affected 11 states; however, the majority of the oil residue was …

Towards a Convolutional Neural Network model for classifying regional ship collision risk levels for waterway risk analysis

W Zhang, X Feng, F Goerlandt, Q Liu - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2020 - Elsevier
Estimating the navigational risk of vessels operating in sea and waterway areas is important
for waterway risk management and pollution preparedness and response planning. Existing …

[HTML][HTML] VRAKA—a probabilistic risk assessment method for potentially polluting shipwrecks

H Landquist, L Rosén, A Lindhe… - … in Environmental Science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Shipwrecks around the world contain unknown volumes of hazardous substances which, if
discharged, could harm the marine environment. Shipwrecks can deteriorate for a number of …

Petroleum oil and mercury pollution from shipwrecks in Norwegian coastal waters

K Ndungu, BA Beylich, A Staalstrøm, S Øxnevad… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Worldwide there are tens of thousands of sunken shipwrecks lying on the coastal seabed.
These potentially polluting wrecks (PPW) are estimated to hold 3–25 million t of oil. Other …

A fault tree model to assess probability of contaminant discharge from shipwrecks

H Landquist, L Rosén, A Lindhe, T Norberg… - Marine pollution …, 2014 - Elsevier
Shipwrecks on the sea floor around the world may contain hazardous substances that can
cause harm to the marine environment. Today there are no comprehensive methods for …

Bayesian updating in a fault tree model for shipwreck risk assessment

H Landquist, L Rosén, A Lindhe, T Norberg… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Shipwrecks containing oil and other hazardous substances have been deteriorating on the
seabeds of the world for many years and are threatening to pollute the marine environment …

Decolonising environmental risk assessments of Potentially Polluting Wrecks: A case study of the wreck of the USS Mississinewa in Ulithi Lagoon, Federated States of …

PG Hill, SJ Rodway-Dyer - Environmental Management, 2024 - Springer
Millions of tonnes of oil lie entombed within wrecks from two world wars which, when
released, can cause environmental devastation. Wrecks are predominantly risk assessed by …

Can a 16th Century Shipwreck Be Considered a Mercury Source in the 21st Century?—A Case Study in the Azores Archipelago (Portugal)

HC Vieira, MD Bordalo, JR Osten… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the Spanish colonial era, ships frequently transported mercury across the Atlantic to
the New World to be used in gold mining. As many of those eventually sank, shipwrecks may …

Design of a standardized geo-database for risk monitoring of potentially polluting marine sites

G Masetti, B Calder - Environment Systems and Decisions, 2014 - Springer
An increasing availability of geospatial marine data provides an opportunity for hydrographic
agencies to contribute to the identification of potentially polluting marine sites (PPMS). This …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced decision making through probabilistic shipwreck risk assessment: focusing on the situation in Greece

NP Ventikos, K Louzis, A Koimtzoglou… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The potential leakage of oil trapped in the hull of fully or partially submerged shipwrecks has
been a growing concern worldwide mainly due to major uncertainties therein and the great …