For over one month now, an unprecedented extensive area along the shoreline of Brazil’s Northeast Region has been hit by an oily substance in the form of lumps of black tar, which origin remains unknown. Substantial oil slicks were first spotted since at least 30 August 2019 and sightings were reported to federal authorities from 2 September 2019, but it was only weeks later they realised that the pollution was widespread and gradually reached the entire shoreline along the northeastern … Continue lendo Extensive oil spill in Northeast Brazil and the impact on shipping