Refugio Beach, California, oil along the coastline. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care.
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Many birds and other wildlife die following an oil spill, but there are also other potential long-terms effects of oil exposure on animals.
The findings show that even modest oil exposure can cause problems for individual birds and bird populations…
Read Full Article; SETAC (10-12-2017)
Small offshore oil spills put seabirds at risk; Science Daily (05-26-2016)
Chronic pollution from many small oil spills may have greater population-level impacts on seabirds than a single large spill, suggest researchers…
