{"id":1018,"date":"2010-07-28T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/spacecraft_monitor_threat_of_spreading_oil_spill\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:56","slug":"spacecraft_monitor_threat_of_spreading_oil_spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/spacecraft_monitor_threat_of_spreading_oil_spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Naves espaciais monitorizam a amea\u00e7a de propaga\u00e7\u00e3o do derrame de petr\u00f3leo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>O petr\u00f3leo \u00e9 uma parte essencial da vida moderna. Sem este combust\u00edvel precioso, os carros e os cami\u00f5es n\u00e3o circulariam nas estradas, os avi\u00f5es n\u00e3o poderiam voar e muitas ind\u00fastrias ficariam paralisadas. No entanto, o petr\u00f3leo tamb\u00e9m pode constituir uma amea\u00e7a para a Natureza se n\u00e3o for manuseado de forma adequada. Os derrames de petr\u00f3leo podem espalhar-se por vastas \u00e1reas do oceano. As manchas castanhas cobrem tudo o que tocam com uma subst\u00e2ncia viscosa e pegajosa, matando muitas aves e vida marinha e cobrindo praias arenosas ou recifes de coral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A mais recente cat\u00e1strofe relacionada com o petr\u00f3leo teve in\u00edcio a 22 de abril de 2010, ap\u00f3s a explos\u00e3o e o naufr\u00e1gio de uma plataforma de perfura\u00e7\u00e3o no Golfo do M\u00e9xico. Desde ent\u00e3o, milh\u00f5es de barris de petr\u00f3leo bruto t\u00eam-se derramado de um po\u00e7o danificado no fundo do mar, amea\u00e7ando provocar um grave desastre ambiental.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"3042\" data-credit=\"ESA\/Denmann production\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2002\/02\/Envisat_artist_s_impression2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2002\/02\/envisat_artist_s_impression2\/17864307-3-eng-GB\/Envisat_artist_s_impression.jpg\" alt=\"Envisat, artist&#x27;s impression\"><figcaption>Envisat, representa\u00e7\u00e3o art\u00edstica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A propaga\u00e7\u00e3o do \u2018monstro castanho\u2019 tem sido monitorizada por v\u00e1rios sat\u00e9lites, incluindo o Envisat da ESA. Estes \u00abolhos no espa\u00e7o\u00bb fornecem informa\u00e7\u00f5es essenciais e atualizadas a milhares de funcion\u00e1rios p\u00fablicos e a muitas mais pessoas que ganham a vida com a pesca e o turismo.<\/p>\n<p>Os instrumentos \u00f3ticos da nave espacial detetam a mancha de \u00f3leo durante o dia, quando o c\u00e9u est\u00e1 limpo. Os instrumentos de radar conseguem detetar a camada de \u00f3leo \u00e0 noite e sob as nuvens. Ao fornecerem informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre as ondas e as correntes oce\u00e2nicas, \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m poss\u00edvel calcular como a polui\u00e7\u00e3o se poder\u00e1 propagar.<\/p>\n<p>As imagens mostram que o petr\u00f3leo ficou retido numa corrente circular, mantendo-o \u2014 pelo menos por enquanto \u2014 bem afastado da maior parte da Fl\u00f3rida. Entretanto, a \u00e9poca dos furac\u00f5es j\u00e1 come\u00e7ou e os sat\u00e9lites est\u00e3o atentos a tempestades violentas que poder\u00e3o atrasar os esfor\u00e7os para colmatar definitivamente a fuga.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil is an essential part of modern life. Without this precious fuel, cars and lorries would stay off the road, planes would be unable to fly and many industries would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"esa_banner_image":"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2010\/07\/oil_spill_in_the_gulf_of_mexico2\/17897458-2-eng-GB\/Oil_spill_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico.jpg","esa_banner_description":"","esa_banner_credit":"Image courtesy of: http:\/\/sparklingbytheway.wordpress.com","esa_banner_licence":"ESA Standard Licence","esa_banner_detail_url":"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2010\/07\/Oil_spill_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico2","esa_external_url":"","esa_external_new_window":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[26,43],"tags":[],"panel":[],"language":[],"age":[],"duration":[],"resource_type":[],"audience":[],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-protecting-earth"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4800,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/4800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"panel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panel?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"age","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/duration?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"resource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_type?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}