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Science 29 November 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5599, p. 1695
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5599.1695
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News of the Week

MARINE ECOLOGY:
Scientists Brace for Bad Tidings After Spill

John Bohannon, Xavier Bosch, and Jay Withgott

VIGO, SPAIN--A week ago, the hull of the tanker Prestige tore open and began disgorging a cargo of fuel oil off the Spanish coast; then on 19 November, fearsome, wind-whipped waves overwhelmed the stricken tanker, which ripped in half and sank. So far, 10,000 tons of oil are known to have leaked. The challenge for scientists is to predict what will happen to another 67,000 tons that went down with the ship and how it might harm life on the seabed.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)