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‘Every square inch is covered in life’: the ageing oil rigs that became marine oases

Posted in California, decommissioning, rigs-to-reefs, tagged Ann Bull, California, decommissioning, marine oases, Milton Love, offshore platforms, Platform Holly, rigs to reefs, UCSB on October 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Guardian: Juvenile rockfish seen on an oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara. For the scientists who study them, preserving these accidental marine ecosystems has become a moral issue. Photograph: Scott Gietler

Excellent Guardian article featuring my former colleague Dr. Ann Bull and Dr. Milton Love from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

According to a 2014 study they (Bull and Love) co-authored, the rigs were some of the most “productive” ocean habitats in the world, a term that refers to biomass – or number of fish and how much space they take up – per unit area. The research showed the rigs to be about 27 times more productive than the natural rocky reefs in California.
Guardian

More on decommissioning platforms offshore California.

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