The ticking time bomb anchored off war-torn Yemen

A few kilometres off the Yemeni coast lies an abandoned oil tanker that has long aroused fears of a catastrophe: it could crack or explode at any time, and would release more than four times the amount of oil leaked by the Exxon Valdez in 1989. Modelling work shows that such a spill would endanger the lives of millions¹.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02784-0

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• Public health