showed that addition of fertilizers can increase the rate but not the extent of oil degradation. Trials in Prince William Sound in Alaska, USA, after the Exxon Valdez spill have shown that this ...

It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Since the accident, all tankers are required to have double hulls. Some 32,000 people, including commercial fishers, food processors and Alaska Natives ...

Alaska’s population of common murres took a big hit in 1989 from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It is estimated that the spill killed 250,000 birds, and most were common murres. The common murre ...

The leaked diesel oil drifted ... of the spill and geography of the river mean it will be difficult to clean up. Greenpeace has compared it to the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska.

Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in ...