What is scrubber water? Ships pollute Baltic Sea to the tune of €680 million in 8 years, study finds
Ship pollution doesn’t tend to hold much attention unless something has gone seriously wrong. When the Marco Polo ferry ran aground off the coast of Sweden in October, the world watched its slow and leaky journey back to port, shedding tonnes of oil that reached more than 500 birds in Blekinge county. But incidents like these are the tip of the iceberg for the Baltic Sea, Europe’s almost entirely closed arm of the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by nine countries. One of the more insidious sources of pollution into this unique body of water comes from a part of ships that is meant to reduce their i...