The caustic waste that leaked from the barrels created an extreme environment similar to that of hydrothermal vents, ...
Barrels of industrial waste dumped into the Pacific Ocean decades ago are still affecting the deep seafloor off the Los Angeles coast, a new study has found. The discarded barrels, which have for ...
They were dropped in secret, forgotten for decades, and now they’re back in the spotlight. More than 200,000 barrels of ...
There Are Mystery Rings Around 500,000 Barrels on the Seafloor. They Shouldn’t Be There. For decades, many chemical companies, as well as the U.S. military, treated the waters off the coast of ...
At least some of the barrels contain caustic alkaline waste, which has made the surrounding ecosystems inhospitable to most ...
Scientists solve mystery of ghostly halos off LA’s coast, revealing toxic waste barrels still reshaping the seafloor.
Mysterious white halos emerging around sunken barrels of chemical waste on the seafloor off California's coast have been ...
Strange halos around some barrels—previously thought to have contained the toxic pesticide DDT—appear to have been caused by ...
The research has led to a range of discoveries. A few years ago, Scripps researchers found that most of the thousands of ...
Federal investigators have documented a series of illegal oil field waste disposal cases across the American West. Most recently, two Wyoming oil ...
YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — A state official says soil samples haven't turned up risky chemicals or hazardous materials where a liquid was poured into the ground on a video appearing to show employees of a ...
On 913 Day, neighbors near 18th and Quindaro gathered to celebrate community pride, but many say their area continues to ...