The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in ...

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

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.

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 pollution events can appear ...

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 ...

The impacts of this disaster still linger in the ecosystems and for the people whose economic activities directly depend on this area of the Pacific Ocean. The Repsol oil spill impacted marine ...

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 ...

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 ...