230 Tonnes of Oil & 620 Tonnes of Fertilizer Spill From Damaged Ship in Australia

Moreton Island was particular badly hit (although obviously not in this photo...). Photo: [mapu] via flickr Though no oil spill can be considered a good thing, what was initially reported as a 20-30 tonne spill is now ten times worse. The BBC is reporting that 230 tonnes of oil (about 70,000 gallons) have spilled from a Hong Kong-registered ship, damaged in a tropical storm earlier in the week, and is washing up along a 60km stretch of shoreline. Authorities are warning that this is threatening wildlife and carcinogenic:...