About 10 miles off the Santa Barbara coast, at the bottom of the Santa Barbara Channel, a series of impressive landmarks rise from the sea floor. They've been there for about 40,000 years, but they've ...

Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 ...

Santa Barbara Channel’s natural oil seeps are a beach-goer’s bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 ...

Santa Barbara Channel’s natural oil seeps are a beach-goer’s bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Scientists have discovered a cluster of underwater asphalt volcanoes ...

This story originally appeared on UCSB’s The Current. Santa Barbara Channel’s natural oil seeps are a beach-goer’s bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates ...

Scientists have discovered a cluster of underwater asphalt volcanoes rising from the seafloor just off Santa Barbara. The seven volcanoes, about 65 feet tall, probably last disgorged petroleum and ...

Bathymetric image of asphalt volcanoes off the coast of Santa Barbara Seven small undersea “volcanoes” that once spewed asphalt into the Pacific Ocean have been mapped off the coast of California.

Santa Barbara Channel’s natural oil seeps are a beach-goer’s bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 ...

About 10 miles off the Santa Barbara coast, at the bottom of the Santa Barbara Channel, a series of impressive landmarks rise from the sea floor. They’ve been there for 40,000 years, but have remained ...