Does offshore oil drilling affect the air?

Effects of Exploration. Factors other than pollutants can affect marine wildlife as well. Exploration for offshore oil involves firing air guns which send a strong shock across the seabed that can decrease fish catch, damage the hearing capacity of various marine species and may lead to marine mammal strandings. read more

Floating or jack-up offshore drilling platforms are large (some would say huge.) Anything this big is going to affect the air. Air, as wind, will push against it and try to move it laterally. read more

Offshore oil spills, such as the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon unit in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, affect marine mammals through direct contact, inhalation and ingestion of toxic oil. Under President Trump, there are attempts to quietly open marine sanctuaries and monuments to drilling. read more

Some proponents of offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico claim that the marine life in that region is pre-adapted to oil in the water due to natural seeps. There have also been claims that offshore oil drilling can reduce the amount of oil leaking into the ocean from these natural seeps. read more