Open AccessThe Ecological Costs of Removing California’s Offshore Oil Rigs
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo141111
Subject(s) - submarine pipeline , environmental science , fishery , ecology , marine engineering , oceanography , engineering , geology , biology
Offshore oil- and gas-drilling platforms are rich habitats for fish, and removing them completely would result in a loss of over 95% of fish biomass, new research has revealed.