New NOAA report examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 19:00
in Earth & Climate
NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coastal marine resources. Of those, 17 were recommended for further assessment and potential removal of both fuel oil and oil cargo.