New methane emissions recorded near occupied Crimea

More than 600 active methane emission points were discovered off the coast of occupied Crimea. This was complemented by about 350 more near the Caucasus.

This was reported by the National Resistance Center.

Prosecutors have proven that Russian military exercises, construction of facilities and negligent handling of wells cause depressurization of the seabed. This leads to massive emissions of methane, a gas that has 25 times the climate impact of carbon dioxide. Experts warn that this situation could turn the Black Sea into a 'dead zone' where even deep-sea organisms cannot survive.

The situation is further complicated by the fact that the scientists who discovered these critical sources were silenced after the information was released to the public. Experts emphasize that under the guise of 'resource development', the Kremlin is actually destroying the marine ecosystem, leaving behind not development but scorched earth and a suffocated sea.

Earlier, a fuel oil plume was discovered by environmentalists on a sandbar near the Danube Biosphere Reserve in Odesa Oblast on October 20.

In turn, the head of the Green Sheet organization Vladislav Balynsky explained that the source of the pollution is the Russian tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 that sank nine months ago, from which fuel oil continues to leak because the Russian authorities have not sealed the hulls underwater. With the onset of the fall storm season, these fuel oil leaks have even intensified.

"Sentinel-1 satellites record stable zones at the same coordinates as in winter. Satellite observations show that the intensity of the leaks is not constant. In different periods, one of the wrecks, presumably under the influence of storm currents or a slight displacement of the hull, changes its position in space, after which an increased output of fuel oil is observed. Thus, throughout the year, the activity of the sources alternates: sometimes the plume from the stern of the Volgoneft-212 is more pronounced, and sometimes from one of the bow sections, which remain the most stable in space. As for the stern section of Volgoneft-239, which is located almost near the shore, fuel oil was pumped out in the spring - most likely only because it had a market value," the ecologist noted.

Катерина Глушко