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After Oil Spill, Unique Mangrove Forest Faces More Threats

2015-05-07 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: On December 9, 2014, a wrecked tanker released approximately 94,000 gallons (78,271 Imperial gallons) of heavy fuel oil into the Shela River, which runs through the Sundarbans, the sprawling and remote mangrove forest shared between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. Now another shipping disaster is unfolding, as a capsized cargo vessel, Jabalenoor, leaks 200 tonnes of potash fertilizer into the Sundarbans Bhola River, southeast of the earlier oil spill. A UNESCO World Heritage site,...

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