THE BEHAVIOUR AND EFFECTS OF OIL POLLUTION INTO MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND OCEANS

U radu se analiziraju najnovija dostignuća vezana uz postupke koji se obavljaju prilikom izlijevanja nafte u more. U tom su smislu razmatrana neka od najvažnijih elemenata kao što su postupak u slučaju uništenja morskog okoliša i živih organizama, a koja predstavljaju posljedicu za morski okoliš u slučaju izlijevanja nafte, mogući utjecaj koji onečišćenje naftom može imati na okoliš i živa bića, kao i kako djeljuje proces raspadanja i isparavanja nafte na postupak čišćenja od zagađenja naftom. Kako bi se objelodanile najnovije informacije iz toga područja, u radu su prikazana postignuća nekih od najvažnijih autora i institucija koji se bave onečiščenjem naftom. Svi su autori jednoglasni u mišljenju da izlijevanje nafte može zaista jako oštetiti morski okoliš i žive organizme, te da proces raspadanja i isparavanja nafte može i na pozitivan i na negativan način djelovati na postupke skupljanja nafte.The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the latest developments in connection to the management of oil spills at sea. In this function, some of the most important elements such as behaviour, fate and effects that oil spills undergo when introduced into the marine environment , the possible impact that oil pollution may have on wild life and environment as well as the implications that oil weathering process has toward clean-up operation are discussed in his paper. In order to reveal the most substantial information regarding this issue some of the prestigious authors and organizations that deal with oil pollution at sea such as Brown, Parker, IPIECA and so forth are used in this paper . The authors are overall of the opinion that indeed the oil spills can heavily harm the marine environment and wild life and that the weathering process of oil may impact positively or negatively the clean-up operations