Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have ... porpoises and sea birds. One tanker, the 136-metre Volgoneft 212, split in half and sank, killing ...
Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately rang ...