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Published online 23 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021118-14

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Uncertainty shrouds

Experts warn extent of oil problem will be difficult to grasp.

More than a week into the Prestige oil-tanker crisis, conservationists and oil-spill experts still don't know how bad the damage will be. It may be another week before they do - and decades before they appreciate its full effect.

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