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United Kingdom: Thousands of seabirds dead after suspected oil dump from rogue tanker
2013-02-02 08:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Almost 200 birds -- mostly guillemots -- were washed ashore and found covered in a sticky Vaseline-like substance. It is feared thousands more could be floating in the sea, unable to feed because their feathers and wings have become stuck together by the waxy oil. There was earlier speculation the mystery substance may have been palm oil, but scientists working to identify it have since reported that it is a refined mineral oil. Staff at the RSPCA West Hatch centre near Taunton, Somerset, have...
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Thousands of seabirds may be harmed by oil off UK coast
2013-02-01 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of seabirds may have been harmed by a pollutant in the waters off the south coast of the UK, conservationists warned on Friday. Tests by the Environment Agency have established that the problem has been caused by some sort of refined mineral oil, not palm oil as had been suspected. It is not known where the substance has come from or exactly what it is, but the number of birds and wide area affected could indicate a spill of oil being transported through the Channel. Hundreds of...