An unknown substance has been discovered on the water surface in the sea between Sweden and Finland. As the Swedish Coast Guard announced on Thursday, the substance covers a huge area of 77 square kilometers – about the size of the southern Swedish city of Malmö.
So it is still unclear what it is. However, the authorities determined that it was not mineral oil. There is currently no immediate risk of the substance ending up on land. The substance was discovered on Wednesday between Söderhamn and Härnosand in the Gulf of Bothnia, the northern part of the Baltic Sea.
Photos showed a long carpet with the fabric on the open sea. According to the Coast Guard, it extends to both the Swedish and Finnish economic zones. Preliminary investigations into environmental crime have already been launched. Among other things, it is now being examined which ships were last in the area and what cargo they had on board.
Source: Krone
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