1.0CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climatehttps://site.uit.no/cagemes008https://site.uit.no/cage/author/mariana-esteves/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OzqYpVvpkn"><a href="https://site.uit.no/cage/2021/08/05/investigating-the-forest-of-flares/">Investigating the forest of flares</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://site.uit.no/cage/2021/08/05/investigating-the-forest-of-flares/embed/#?secret=OzqYpVvpkn" width="600" height="338" title="“Investigating the forest of flares” — CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate" data-secret="OzqYpVvpkn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://site.uit.no/cage/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://site.uit.no/cage/wp-content/uploads/sites/492/2021/08/0095-20210804-182101-lots-of-high-flares-stack.jpg786270Text and photos: Mauro Pau, Postdoc on Hopendjupet  CAGE21-4 cruise August 5th, 2021. We are in an area of the central Barents Sea not (yet?) reached by the oil industry, but where oil slicks have consistently been identified on the sea surface from satellite images. The escape of oil through the seabed is a known natural […]