Monday marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill ... off the coast of Alaska just after midnight on March 24, 1989 and unleashed a catastrophe never before seen in America.

Oil spills lead to rapid changes in the composition of the natural bacterial flora; oil-degrading bacteria that are nearly undetectable before release ... USA, after the Exxon Valdez spill have ...

After the BP Deep Horizon oil spill, hundreds of skimmers were used ... which means that wave action should help more jet fuel evaporate before it reaches the shore. Likewise, over time ...

A Louisiana island that provides critical nesting habitat for pelicans and other seabirds is being restored to nearly its former size after decades of erosion and a crippling 2010 oil spill.

The 18 rehabilitation plans that Repsol presented before Peru’s Ministry of ... for the recovery of marine life three years after the oil spill,” said the oil company’s plans “lack an ...