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

This incident follows a similar October spill at the same location. Officials respond to another major incident at one of the ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

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

Oil spills in the ocean can have a devastating effect on marine life. At the surface, oil slicks are particularly dangerous for sea turtles, marine mammals, sea birds, and early life stages of ...

A team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an innovative technique that allows the ...

A plan to resume offshore oil drilling in Santa Barbara, California, has reopened old wounds in a city where a 1969 oil spill ...

The Solomon Islands government and landowners impacted by a disastrous oil spill in 2019 are expected to file civil lawsuits ...

Underwater oil spills are much more difficult to stop because of the weight and existence of the ocean. In Taylor Energy’s case, the muddy Gulf bed has become a murky tomb for the broken and ...

70,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled in Wisconsin. Here’s what caused it The Enbridge oil spill was discovered on Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles west of Milwaukee, according to a ...

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

Infographic of the Day: The Physics of Oil Spills The oil streaming into the Gulf isn't just pouring from the ocean floor and causing havoc--along the way, it's triggering myriad chemical ...