spill

Consider this: A tranquil holiday town, brimming with warm sunshine and the laughter of vacationers, suddenly finds itself grappling with an environmental tragedy. Anapa—a charming town on the Black Sea coastline, home to about 80,000 residents—has been thrust into a battle against a formidable adversary. This enemy, however, is not a tangible one; it is an oil spill that has stained over 30 miles of its pristine beaches. The stakes are high, and the mayor, Vasiliy Shvets, valiantly champions the town's cause. On…

Two months after the sinking of a Japanese ship in Mauritius, the first overview of the consequences of the oil spill on biodiversity. It will take several months to assess the impact of the 1,000 tonnes of fuel spilled on the coral reef. Also on land, oil spills can have consequences, especially for two bird species that are already in danger. The water in the lagoon is petrol blue. Two months after the oil spill that hit Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, "we sometimes find oil products on the surface," said Vikash Tatayah,…