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Scientists warn of likely massive oil spill endangering the Red Sea, region's health

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-12-15

A paper to be published in Frontiers in Marine Science on December 15 is calling for action to remove the oil from a decaying and inactive tanker in the Red Sea that holds approximately one million barrels of oil—four times the amount of oil contained in the Exxon Valdez, the tanker that had a disastrous environmental oil spill in 1989—before its current seepage turns into a massive oil spill into the sea.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-massive-oil-endangering-red.html