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The Silent Threat

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When, at the beginning of December 2008, a maritime accident off the coast of South Korea caused a spill from the tanker, the Hebei Spirit, I little imagined that just two weeks later I would be travelling there to try to assist in the emergency.

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Rossi, S. (2019). The Silent Threat. In: Oceans in Decline. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02514-4_12

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