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Oil slicks cover 1.58m sq km of ocean yearly – and ships are to blame

CLAVE 1 / 41.58 million square kilometres of ocean surface are covered by oil slicks annually, according to satellite monitoring.

CLAVE 2 / 4More than 90% of slicks occur inside national waters, often near vulnerable coastlines.

CLAVE 3 / 481% of attributable slicks are linked to vessels, with merchant ships the dominant source.

CLAVE 4 / 4Hotspots include the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Mediterranean and waters off West Africa.

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