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Diplomacy Prevents Ecological Disaster in the Red Sea

Diplomacy Prevents Ecological Disaster in the Red Sea

The U.N. announced the successful offloading of 1.1 million barrels of oil from the derelict Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, Aug. 11. Following the onset of Yemen’s civil war in 2015, the Safer gradually deteriorated and was left unmaintained, putting it at serious risk of a leak or Continue reading “Diplomacy Prevents Ecological Disaster in the Red Sea”