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Second Slick Threatens Galápagos Islands As High Seas Rupture Tanker

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A vast wave slammed into a grounded oil tanker near Ecuador Wednesday, rupturing the ship's hulk and increasing the threat to rare wildlife on the Galápagos islands by releasing a further 20,000 gallons of diesel into the sea. Read about this new threat in this National Geographic News article.

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