Fiber Optic Sensors Are Wired for Growth with Infrastructure Improvements
In October 2021, a 40-year-old undersea pipeline off the coast of California ruptured, releasing more than 130,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean. The spill polluted the ecosystem, stifled local economic activities such as fishing and tourism, and prompted renewed calls for a moratorium on offshore oil production. The Joint Unified Command assigned to investigate the accident found that a 4000-ft section of the nearly 18-mile pipeline had recently been displaced by a distance of...
Photonics Spectra, January 2022