Clean energy sources such as wind and solar go a long way in reducing the amount of pollutants entering the atmosphere, but ...

A University of Houston researcher has earned a $1.8 million grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to determine how the use of dispersants to break up an oil spill affects the natural ...

Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

Decades of research shows waves, wind and darkness would defeat containment efforts for much of the year, raising questions ...

A sponge coated with a paraffin-like material can suck up 99 per cent of oil from water at low temperatures, offering a solution to crude oil spills in Arctic environments. Such spills happen with ...