NAIROBI (Reuters) – Some corals have lived on the fringes of Mauritius for centuries. Now for days smothered in heavy fuel oil spilled from a wrecked Japanese tanker nearby, parts of those reefs could be in trouble. The full impact of the toxic spill is still lacking, scientists say. While …
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