Oil spill threatens Buenos Aires
Workers battle to dissolve an oil spill heading towards the coast of Argentina after two ships collide off Uruguay.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/a...cas/7437110.stm
I do not understand why someone can not invent a skimmer to suck the oil off the oceans surface. Kind of like a vacuum that works on the same principal as a skimmer on a pool. I figure it would make these types of spills much easier to clean up and less damage to the environment.