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The first month of the worst environmental disaster in Peruvian shores history – the most media-trendy, at least.     VENTANILLA, Peru – On Saturday, January 15 th , 2022, while the Pacific Ocean was in alert due to a tsunami caused by the blast and collapse of a volcano in Tonga Islands , Italy’s Mare Doricum petroleum ship downloaded Brazilian crude to La Pampilla Refinery , operated by spain’s Repsol corporation .   Around 17:10 PET (2310 GMT) , it was notified the downloading hoses broke. Initially, all seemed to be a 26.9-feet stain, or the equivalent to a 1.6-feet-side square, and 0.16 barrels, according to Repsol’s preliminary information. For January 23 rd , Peru’s environment Ministry estimated that 11,900 petroleum barrels spilled in the sea. One petroleum barrel equals 42 U.S. gallons or 159 liters.   The next day, Sunday 16 th , who attended Cavero Beach mid-morning found the water inked in black, a heavy smell. For Wednesday 19th, Repso...

The emergency couldn’t be avoided, but it could be managed properly with scientific perspective.   By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo     EL PASO (Canary Islands), Spain – On September 19 th , 2021, 15:10 local time (1410 GMT), a crack broke amid a pine forest at Cabeza de Vaca Place. A big amount of wáter steam, gases, pyroclastic matter, and lava began to flow like a jet – a volcano had borning.   During 85 days, the incandescent matter covered up around 4.6 sq mi, affected 3000 buildings, displaced 7000 people. Also, it razed banana plantations that support part of the economy in La Palma Island , the most north-western of Canary Islands. The tourism , that activates the other part of the economic motor, was held constant but not massive like the pre-eruptive period.   For the science, it was a time to secure learning and how it allows to administer a developing natural disaster, webcast worldwide real-time, just one casualty indirectly rela...