On Friday night, the oil began to seep into the ocean. By Sunday, 3 October 2021, a full-fledged disaster had erupted in Huntington Beach, California, with over 125,000 gallons of oil washing up on the beach. We are now seeing and hearing the horrific sights and videos pouring out of California—oil-coated dying and dead fish […]
Oysters are water filtration powerhouses. One oyster can filter 20 to 50 gallons of water in a single day, enough to fill a small bathtub. Snatching tiny drifting particles is how they consume. As stationary creatures, it makes sense to live in an area where plenty of food floats by. It also means that oysters […]
Any spill of heavy petroleum or oil distillation products that can harm the land surface, air, or aquatic environment is considered an oil spill. Pollution from an oil spill can range from one or more gallons of oil spilled to hundreds of millions of gallons of oil spilled. Typically, the word refers to oil spillage […]
