Oil spill spreads across Caribbean from Tobago to Bonaire

[NDL_Diver]

Just read this on BBC

Oil spill spreads across Caribbean from Tobago to Bonaire

The oil from a capsized barge off the coast of Tobago is threatening Bonaire's mangrove forests.

www.bbc.com

Hope they can get this under control.

So much pressure on the reefs already.

 

[submersible_human]

Thanks for posting! I wasn't aware the oil had gotten that far already. What a shame...

 

[MPunde]

Oh no!

 

[rhwestfall]

We truly are just a scourge on the earth...​

 

[rhwestfall]

And, how does something like this happen and be unknown...

 

[submersible_human]

And, how does something like this happen and be unknown...

There is a link in the article which was posted by @NDL_Diver that leads to another website providing more details:

How a Leaking Barge Became an Oil Spill Disaster Off the Tobago Coast - bellingcat

Satellite images newly obtained by Bellingcat shed light on how a stranded barge at the centre of a major oil spill ended up aground and leaking oil off the Tobago coast.

www.bellingcat.com

 

[ApplyPressure]

Sad, oil in the ocean sucks.

 

[rmorgan]

So far, Bonaire seems to have dodged this bullet--there was some cleanup, but things are apparently pretty much normal now. Here's a report from last week, Joint Efforts Prevent Oil Spill Disaster on Bonaire