Mauritius oil spill: Experts fear catastrophic ecological disaster
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Mauritius oil spill: Experts fear catastrophic ecological disaster
Description
August 11, 2020
Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius are working around the clock trying to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean island from an oil spill after a tanker ran aground on a coral reef. It spilled an estimated 1,000 tons of oil into the Indian ocean, polluting the island's coastline. Aalia Adam explains.
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Mauritius oil spill: Experts fear catastrophic ecological disaster02:40 | August 11, 2020 -
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Mauritius oil spill: Experts fear catastrophic ecological disaster02:40 | August 11, 2020
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Description
August 11, 2020
Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius are working around the clock trying to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean island from an oil spill after a tanker ran aground on a coral reef. It spilled an estimated 1,000 tons of oil into the Indian ocean, polluting the island's coastline. Aalia Adam explains.
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