- Oil tanker - Mauritius Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on August 17, 2020, 9:27 am
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An international response to this is totally lacking. Mauritius oil spill: Ship that caused fuel leak seen split in two in aerial footage Sunday 16 August 2020 https://news.sky.com/video/mauritius-oil-spill-ship-that-caused-fuel-leak-seen-split-in-two-in-aerial-footage-12050741 The BBC says that the oil has been removed. Doesn't appear like that. Mauritius oil spill: Ship that caused fuel leak seen split in two in aerial footage Sunday 16 August 2020 'The US analytics company Ursa Space Systems looked at the situation using radar data from the Finnish Iceye satellites, which are especially effective at picking out oil on water. It found a 27 sq km spill by 11 August. BBC World Service environment correspondent Navid Singh Khadka says a spill three times the size of this was averted. Nevertheless a uniquely biodiversity-rich marine ecosystem has been polluted with nearly 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53797009 |
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