Oil on the surface of water in the Southern CA Bight
Detailed Description
Oil on the surface of water in the Southern CA Bight. Offshore seeps in Southern California add about 5 million gallons of oil to the ocean annually, with wide interannual variation (National Academy of Sciences, 2003).
The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions. Learn more here.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.