Russian scientists sounded the alarm over a huge oil slick in the Black Sea.
Russia's Black Sea coastline is home to some of the country's best beaches and is popular with touristsMOSCOW - Russian scientists sounded the alarm on Wednesday over a huge oil slick in the Black Sea, with the World Wildlife Fund saying at least 100 tonnes of oil have leaked off the city of Novorossiysk.
The conservation group said it had launched its own surveillance and found the slick had covered an area of 94 square kilometres by Sunday. Aleksei Knizhnikov, head of the responsible industry programme at WWF Russia, said the slick was drifting north, having already reached Abrau-Dyurso -- famed for its wine-making industry -- and might later reach the Utrish Nature Reserve.
"On August 8, the oil slick spread from the shore into the open sea over a distance of 19 kilometres," the institute said in a statement. Staff at a dolphinarium outside the resort town of Anapa said they had seen oil slicks on the surface and were working to protect their marine mammals.
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