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Klarkashton

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4. That whole basin between the coast and Catalina

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:39 PM

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In the San Pedro to Palos Verdes coast line is ruined with industrial waste and DDT going back to the 1930s. Once and a while there is a new story about it
It's a horrific and impossible mess.

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Scripps researchers discover what lies within mysterious haloed barrels on the seafloor [View all] Zorro Thursday OP

DISGUSTING Faux pas Thursday #1

Deep see hydrothermal vents are areas where life CAN otherwise exist, unlike these man-made death zones Blues Heron Thursday #2

Depends on the life. Hydrothermal vents producs H2S, which is highly toxic to most life, including humans. eppur_se_muova Thursday #5

Ummmm ... "alkaline waste" is a bit too vague to be useful information. eppur_se_muova Thursday #3

Here's the press release from Scripps: hunter Thursday #8

Thanks ! I know you have a record of injecting factual, scientific reports into DU posts, and this one needed it. eppur_se_muova Thursday #9

That whole basin between the coast and Catalina Klarkashton Thursday #4

Let's not forget oil spills and leaks. nt eppur_se_muova Thursday #6

How many times have I been told that the tar all over Klarkashton Thursday #7

They would take barrels on a boat and dump them in the ocean, shooting floating ones to make them sink. SunSeeker Friday #10