Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil ... vertical expanse of sea depths known as the water column. “Such fuel oil solidifies at ...

Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

Abstract: Timely and accurate representation of sea surface dynamic fields is crucial for oil spill drift prediction. Numerically forecasted sea surface dynamic fields are available in a timely manner ...

One month after an oil spill in the Black sea caused by two Russian oil tankers destroyed in a storm, the fuel leak, which began in the Kerch strait, continues to spread further into the sea ...

More than a month has passed since two two oil tankers began leaking thousands of tons of oil into the Black Sea after ... life on the water make them especially vulnerable to oil spills ...

Inspired by nature Researchers from Harbin Institute of Technology designed a vortex-anchored filter based on the structure of the deep-sea glass sponge known as Venus’ flower basket. (Courtesy: NOAA ...

People work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers in the Kerch Strait, in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. AP Nearly 150 volunteers and workers cleaning up a ...

"This oil spill could have disastrous consequences for some species," he said. The environmental organization Greenpeace reported the deaths of 32 dolphins and 1,355 birds as of early January.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, expressed his dissatisfaction with the Emergency Situations Ministry's inadequate response to the oil spill caused by the ...

SINGAPORE – The marine environment might recover after each oil spill incident ... he said organisms on the sea surface such as jellyfish and large and small plankton can be affected when ...

(AP) — An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait ... continues to leak into the sea from the damaged part of the ...