Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a ...

"We were able to use these patterns to control the movement of objects as small as a grain of rice." Scientists develop ...

This is an unacceptable situation, as the aquatic environment is being severely polluted. According to the community, the spill has persisted for months. We are deeply concerned that no meaningful ...

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

On this day in 1990, rock band Midnight Oil staged a protest concert in response to the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

Greenpeace Africa earlier in May brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups in Abuja to launch the Climate Justice Movement.

A Liberian-flagged ship sank off Kochi, leaking oil and cargo. While the spill is contained, missing hazardous materials may ...

Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean ...

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 ...

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.

That means cleanups after disasters like the Deepwater Horizon spill may be removing less oil from the environment than was thought. Because oil is lighter than water, it rises through the ocean ...

Marine and coastal ecosystems play a critical role in the health of the ocean and the planet, but their delicate balance must be maintained. One of the major threats to this balance comes from oil ...