Trump administration allows wider use of seismic blasting in Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico could soon get a lot noisier. In its final weeks, President Donald Trump's administration has eased rules that have for almost a decade limited the use of deep-penetration seismic blasts to search for oil and gas deposits at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Seismic air-gun survey technology has helped locate a bonanza of overlooked oil deposits, but its use can disorient, injure or kill marine animals, from the largest — including endangered whales and dolphins — to the microscopic critters that serve as the foundation of the Gulf's food web. "The oceans are world...
Source: houmatoday.com
