Oil Spill

The Mauritius oil spill that began last month could be becoming an ecological catastrophe. For days, dozens of big…

The Mauritius oil spill, predicted to be one of the worst ecological disasters in the island nation’s history,…

In an attempt to stave off ecological disaster, Mauritius residents are cutting off their own hair to soak up an oil…

Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese bulk carrier that wrecked on its shores…

Imagine being told to shelter at home due to a global pandemic, only to have your home, drinking water, and food…

We already knew 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster was the biggest oil spill in history. When the BP rig exploded, it…

Ten years ago, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, spilling 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of…

After spilling more than 383,000 gallons of oil last month in North Dakota, the Keystone Pipeline is back in…

Nearly 5 million gallons of oil spilled from a Bahamas facility in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. And now advocates…

Nearly 1.5 million gallons of oil have spilled since Hurricane Dorian destroyed an oil storage facility on Grand…

Clean up and assessment of an oil spill on Grand Bahama Island following Hurricane Dorian has begun—and the oil may…

Hurricane Dorian’s devastation has killed at least 30 in the Bahamas. All this death has a distinct smell, Sam…

While the BP oil disaster has received far more attention, elsewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, oil has been leaking…

Rennell Island sits in the middle of the Solomon Sea northeast of Australia. It’s a paradise best known for…

Last week, at least 8,000 barrels of crude oil gushed into the northern Amazon rainforest in Peru, creating one of…

With a new, loosey-goosey regulatory environment on its way, Exxon Mobil announced some major investments in the…

Everyone remembers the catastrophic oil spills like BP’s in 2010. Few remember the slow motion spills, like Taylor…

Although it sounds absolutely bonkers, a common technique for cleaning up oil spills is burning as much as possible,…

Seattle-based photographer Daniel Beltrá took these images for the book Spill (which you can buy here.) They're…

Oh, ferrofluids, is there anything you can't do? Researchers led by MIT's Markus Zahn have devised a technique for…