FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin More than 90% of estimated oil pollution in the world’s oceans occurs within national waters, including protected marine areas, according to a new satellite-based analysis that highlights the scale of chronic contamination at sea. The study estimates that oil slicks cover around 1.58 million square kilometres of ocean each year, suggesting that marine oil pollution extends far beyond the major spills that typically attract international attention. RelatedNews Sanctions pressure drives growth in Russia’s flag registry, CREA finds Shifting regulations complicate shipping’s decarbonisation investment plans var jnews_module_21383067_0_6aba5ea4421ad = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21383067","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1727,1731,2759,528","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":""