Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles) of the ocean surface each year, an area slightly larger than the nation of Mongolia.
The estimate comes from a recent report by Skytruth, a U.S.-based nonprofit that used satellite imagery, machine learning and vessel tracking data to trace global oil pollution in the oceans between 2023 and 2025.
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I uh, don’t see a map?
There’s a link in the description just above, click it, scroll a bit down, and you’ll see the map
That’s really weird. The link didn’t work for me in Jerboa until I long held it and tapped open and external. So, thank you for that. I wouldn’t have gone back and checked it again.
