The Safer is definitely not safe
New research published today in
Frontiers in Marine Science by an international collaboration of scientists urges for the removal of an inactive tanker called the Safer. The Safer sits in the Red Sea and holds roughly a million barrels of oil in storage, but its decaying state concerns scientists who say that a spill is inevitable – but avoidable.
The policy brief is published under the title A Closing Window of Opportunity to Save a Unique Marine Ecosystem and was led by Stony Brook University’s Karine Kleinhaus, MD, MPH. Dr. Kleinhaus, who is an Associate Professor of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), says: