Uncovering hidden oil spills Satellite imagery means large oil spills in the ocean are relatively easily detected. When a tanker crashes or a pipe bursts, scientists know where to look. But smaller ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing ...

Show more Show less Machine learning is helping scientists track down hidden oil spills and pollution Vast swathes of ocean – an area ten times the size of Britain – are affected by light ...

oil pollution incident," explained Mitchelle De Leon of US-based NGO SkyTruth. The group harnesses machine learning to comb through large datasets of satellite imagery and find spills that might ...