Nord Stream explosions endanger ecosystem

According to a newly published study, the explosions at the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea near Bornholm on Sep. 26, 2022, have had serious consequences on the surrounding ecosystem. 250,000 tonnes of heavily contaminated sediment were stirred up by the explosions, affecting fish and other marine life. The marine environment of the Baltic Sea is already struggling to survive, Hans Sanderson, one of the authors of the study, was quoted as saying by Euractiv. Among other things, a substance has been carried into higher water layers that damages the reproductive capacity of fish. So far, it is still unclear who blew up three of the four natural gas pipes at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.