The explosions of the Nord Stream probably decimated the wildlife of the Baltic Sea

Human warfare has led to a real slaughter of marine animals in the Baltic region.

The populations of cod and porpoises, aquatic animals widespread in the Baltic Sea, are at risk of extermination due to the release of toxic substances on the seabed after the explosions of the Nord Stream pipeline.

 A report published by The Copenhagen Post this Monday highlights the presence of lead and tributyltin in the approximately 250,000 tons of material deposited on the bottom following the four detonations that destroyed the Russian pipeline. The phenomenon has affected an area equal to twice the surface of the nearby island of Bornholm, an area where cod and porpoises usually reproduced. Scientist Hans Sanderson of the Environmental Science Department of the University of Aarhus in Denmark, one of the co-authors of the report, explained that exposing marine animals to these harmful substances will inevitably make them sick. "Some of them will die and others will have difficulty reproducing," the expert announced.

According to the report, the explosions have increased pollution in the Bornholm Deep, where cod breed and the northernmost blast took place 40 kilometres from the banks in Swedish waters where endangered porpoises breed.

The explosions themselves may have killed or destroyed the hearing of the endangered small whales that were close by. The report concluded that their population of just over 500 is so threatened that the loss of even one female could have major consequences.

According to one estimate, all porpoises that were less than four kilometers from the explosions could also have died from the effects of shock waves, and all those that were within a radius of 50 kilometers may have lost their hearing. Scientists estimate that the attack has worsened the condition of a marine area, already in serious difficulty. The Secretary General of the Danish section of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Bo Oksnebjerg described the affected area as the "worst imaginable place" in which to cause a gas pipeline explosion. For the expert, it is "another nail on the coffin of the Baltic Sea".

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