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.

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong turbulent flow ...

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 fragile ecosystems of Apalachicola Bay can hardly sustain these challenges, much less the addition of another pipeline ...

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

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

A senior Russian scientist called the spill the country's worst "environmental catastrophe" of the 21st Century. "This is the first time fuel oil has been spilled in such quantities," Viktor ...