Updated on April 29, 2021 at 1:36 pm
Bev Grant
A couple of La Jolla’s most recognizable residents now have a new home and have even welcomed a little one, thanks to a couple of locals’ grand idea that helped them create the nest.
Ozzy and Edna, a pair of ospreys who frequent the pier at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, have almost immediately taken residence at a waterfront nest above the pier that was built just for them. The two love birds – err, ospreys – have prime real estate that comes with a picturesque view of La Jolla.
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Toxic chemicals are strewn along the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles, expedition finds
By Madeline Holcombe, Cheri Mossburg and Braden Walker, CNN
Updated 4:41 AM ET, Wed April 28, 2021
The mission found more than 27,000 containers spread over the sea floor off the coast of Los Angeles. (CNN)A recent expedition mapping the seafloor between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island found tens of thousands of items likely polluting the ocean with the toxic chemical DDT for decades, according to a news release from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego.
The expedition, which took place in mid-March, used underwater robotic technology to survey more than 36,000 square acres along the seafloor, an area slightly larger than the city of San Francisco, the release said.