Grounded carrier has split in half and poor conditions make removal of ship’s remaining oil risky
International experts and thousands of local volunteers were making frantic efforts on Sunday to protect Mauritius’s pristine beaches and rich marine wildlife after hundreds of tonnes of oil was dumped into the sea by a Japanese tanker in what some scientists called the country’s worst ecological disaster.
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Continue reading…Grounded carrier has split in half and poor conditions make removal of ship’s remaining oil riskyInternational experts and thousands of local volunteers were making frantic efforts on Sunday to protect Mauritius’s pristine beaches and rich marine wildlife after hundreds of tonnes of oil was dumped into the sea by a Japanese tanker in what some scientists called the country’s worst ecological disaster. Related: Grounded carrier off Mauritius breaks apart risking ecological disaster Continue reading…