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May 23, 2002
Running Time: 0:39:28
Nearly 85 percent of the 29 million gallons of petroleum that enter North American ocean waters each year as a result of human activities comes from land-based runoff, polluted rivers, airplanes, and small boats and jet skis, while less than 8 percent comes from tanker or pipeline spills, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. Oil exploration and extraction are responsible for only 3 percent of the petroleum that enters the sea. Another 47 million gallons seep into the ocean naturally from the seafloor.
Speakers:
Nancy N. Rabalais,
Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin
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Member, Committee on Oil in the Sea: Inputs, Fates, and Effects.
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