This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, ...

Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life.

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

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In this June 9, 2010, file photo, a worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (CN) — Workers who responded ...

This is when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, sending millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Not only were the environmental impacts seen shortly after the spill occurred ...

When we think of oil spills, the images that come to mind may include seabirds coated in black slime, huge iridescent slicks ...

as is another controversial way to try to dissipate the impacts of oil spills: dispersants. During the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP sprayed roughly 1.84 million gallons (8.37 million litres ...