Japanese bulk carrier, Wakashio, ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month and has now broken apart with 166 tons of fuel oil still on board. The vessel struck a coral reef on July 25, spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and endangering corals, fish, and other marine life in what some scientists have called the country’s worst ecological disaster. Authorities have deployed booms to help with oil absorption around the vessel. Most of the oil from the vessel has been pumped out, and authorities were working on removing the final 166 tonnes.
