GEO:08/24/2021
A disaster strikes in the nature and tourist paradise of Mar Menor.
Tons of dead fish, shrimps and crabs have been rescued from the water for days
Dead marine animals have been washing up on the once beautiful beaches of Mar Menor for days© REUTERS / Eva Manez
Environmental catastrophe in Europe’s largest salt water lagoon: In the Mar Menor (the “Little Sea”) in southeastern Spain, around 4.5 tons of dead fish and crabs were taken out of the water within seven days, according to the newspaper “ABC” and other media on Reported Monday, citing the government of the Murcia region.
Authorities and environmentalists attribute the mass deaths to a lack of oxygen, which is caused by the high temperatures and also by pollution.
The head of government of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, called on the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in a…
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