Oil spills are significant environmental disasters that can have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, shorelines, and coastal communities. The research surrounding oil spills focuses on ...

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...

Twenty people were injured on Monday after a chemical spill at a New Mexico cheese factory released toxic gas, according to officials. The Curry County Sheriff's Office confirmed the incident to ...

Work to contain an oil spill on a popular Tasmanian lake is underway, as the state's environment authority tries to understand the factors behind the event. About 30 kilometres of Lake Rosebery's ...

An oil spill in Nigeria's delta region has caused a fire that is yet to be contained. A subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited blames the spill on oil thieves. Accidents are ...

Ukraine has called the oil spill “the largest in the Black Sea region in the 21st century” and blamed Moscow for using ships unsuitable for harsh winter conditions. Under Western sanctions ...

Twenty people were injured on Monday after a chemical spill at a New Mexico cheese factory released toxic gas, according to officials. The Curry County Sheriff's Office confirmed the incident to Fox ...

The ecological disaster involving two aging Russian tankers off Crimea is escalating, with the oil spill spreading to the beach, Russian authorities have confirmed ...

MOSCOW, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than initially thought, the Transport Ministry said on ...

Many places are pro-environment and wary of pipelines. Santa Barbara was the first, with oil spills spawning an environmental ethic that is central to the city’s identity. In 1969, another major ...