Science news articles about 'coal oil point'

... offshore from petroleum seeps near Coal Oil Point off Goleta, Calif., in the Santa ... do that through the composition of molecules that are specific to the oils from the seeps. So, being able to link them ...

... of approximately 8-80 Exxon Valdez oil spills. The paper is being published in the May 15 issue ... make some spectacular findings." There is an oil spill everyday at Coal Oil Point (COP), the natural ...

... , imagine 8 to 80 times the amount of oil spilled in the Exxon Valdez accident. According to new research, ... into sediments offshore from petroleum seeps near Coal Oil Point in the Santa Barbara Channel.

... at a rate comparable to that of the massive hydrocarbon seep at Coal Oil Point in Santa Barbara, Calif." Mumma is lead author of a paper describing this research that will appear in ...