The next big breakthrough when it comes to cleaning up disastrous oil spills in the ocean just might come from the ocean itself. Or, rather, an inhabitant of the ocean. Researchers from ...
Much is still unclear about this collision between an oil tanker and a container ship in the North Sea. We know it will ...
Global compensation body says urgent checks needed for insurance status of vessels suspected of being behind spills ...
A North Sea cargo ship collision has resulted in a sodium cyanide spill, prompting fears over potential health and environmental impacts ...
Here we draw attention to the unprecedented impact expected in the mid-depth and deep ocean. Initial concerns regarding the BP spill have focused on the coast. The need to protect critical coastal ...
Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean, as tectonic plates pull ... indicates the existing oceans may one day spill into the growing rift, severing a small ...
The city’s highest-profile ocean spill happened in July 2012 when seven containers fell from cargo ship Yong Xin Jie 1 as Typhoon Vicente hit the city. Six were loaded with 150 tonnes of plastic ...
The scientists think these microbial deep ocean oil-eaters can also be used to clean up surface oil spills. Challenger Deep is "inhospitable to nearly every organism on the planet. Cold and ...