The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 caused extensive environmental and economic damage, emphasizing the need for better prevention and response strategies.

From oil spills to new species: how tech reveals the ocean The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas.

Jet fuel is immediately harmful to local wildlife through ingestion, and over time, it could move up the food chain from fish ...

Oil spills are the third largest source of oil ... But successful burning also has its own problems for the environment and human health in the form of air pollution. Burning is not the only ...

A growing oil spill in the Humber Estuary has sparked concerns of an environmental disaster after an oil tanker and cargo ship crashed off the Yorkshire coast. At least 36 people have been rescued ...

Residents of Obololi community in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State, have lamented the lack of relief ...

There are concerns about the impact of jet fuel on marine animals following a crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship ...

"It used to take human analysts weeks if not months to be able to detect a single (small-scale) oil pollution incident ... of satellite imagery and find spills that might previously have gone ...