Oil spill threatens Peru marine life (Jan. 20, 2022)
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Unusually high waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga last weekend caused an oil spill at a refinery in Peru that the government qualified as an "ecological disaster" yesterday. The foreign ministry said that the oil spill had harmed animal and plant life in protected zones over a combined area of some 18,000 square kilometers around islands and fishing regions.
Oil spill threatens Peru marine life (Jan. 20, 2022)
Oil spill threatens Peru marine life (Jan…
Oil spill threatens Peru marine life (Jan. 20, 2022)
Unusually high waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga last weekend caused an oil spill at a refinery in Peru that the government qualified as an "ecological disaster" yesterday. The foreign ministry said that the oil spill had harmed animal and plant life in protected zones over a combined area of some 18,000 square kilometers around islands and fishing regions.