One of the critical areas of research is the environmental impact of oil spills on shorelines. Studies have shown that the behavior of oil changes upon reaching the shore due to natural weathering ...

Another research effort focused on the impact of the oil spill on salt marsh horse flies ... microorganisms that live together in a specific environment, interacting with each other and their ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

An ongoing oil spill at a wellhead and subsequent fire in Buguma community in Nigeria's coastal Rivers state has entered its fourth week, with no immediate action taken by authorities or operators to ...

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up thousands of tons of fuel oil.

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Christopher Reddy of Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses his laboratory ...

The faulty pipe connection that caused the spill was installed in the 1970s, the pipeline operator said in a Jan. 10 report.

EPA Director Wes Ford said crews have already removed about 5,000 litres of oily water from the underground tank where the ...

Emeka Woke, an engineer and Director-General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), along with a ...