Open AccessResearch urged on impacts of chronic oil releases to marine environment
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000179
Subject(s) - tonne , petroleum , environmental science , government (linguistics) , crude oil , environmental protection , oceanography , environmental planning , engineering , waste management , petroleum engineering , geology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy
U.S. government agencies, academia, and industry should mount a major research effort to better understand and evaluate risks posed to humans and the marine environment from chronic petroleum releases, a 23 May report by the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) recommends. The report,“Oil in the Sea: Inputs, Fates, and Effects,” found that, annually, more than 260,000 metric tonnes of petroleum are released into the waters off North America from natural and anthropogenic sources, and 1.3 million metric tonnes are released into oceans worldwide.