Abstract
In mid-October 2021, an image on NASA’s popular Earth Observatory blog captured my attention. The post was titled “Waiting to Unload,” and the image has become indelibly imprinted on my memory, testifying to one of the many effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on the world. Like scattered matchsticks on the darkest of fields, here was San Pedro Bay off Long Beach, California, choked with ships, the result of “COVID-related supply chain snarls.” On the day the Landsat 8 satellite captured the image, there were sixty container ships waiting to dock at the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | H-Environment |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- Covid-19
- San Pedro Bay
- Shipping
- Toxicity
- Ports