On a cold and windy day off the coast of Alabama, a team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts gathers, conducting the first test outside a laboratory for a potential ...

A new generation of booms and skimmers has improved the capacity of oil companies to fight oil spills, writes Knut Evensen. The new equipment is the result of a $30 million research and development ...

The materials science research team from the University of Texas at Austin is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a faster and more efficient system to clean up oil spills and ...

Cleaning up oil spills in your garage and on your driveway requires prompt action to prevent environmental damage and limit permanent damage to the driveway surface itself. The same process can be ...

In a world of weird, this one ranks up there... A non-profit out of San Francisco, California, is cleaning up oil spills using the naturally adsorbent properties of human hair, woven into thick mats ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week. Upwards ...

An oil spill caused by a dredger boat hitting a stationary cargo tanker has blackened part of Singapore’s southern coastline, including the popular resort island of Sentosa, and sparked concerns it ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A clean-up effort is underway after oil spilled into the Muddy River near the Longwood MBTA stop in Boston and left birds and animals in the area covered in a layer of oil. Crews ...