SINGAPORE: Chemicals are usually sprayed on oil slicks in water after an oil spill to break up the pollution, but new ...

Rush says ocean can take care of itself. May 3, 2010— -- Scientists and environmentalists scoffed at Rush Limbaugh's suggestion that the ocean would clean up itself following a devastating ...

The clean-up of a massive oil spill in August from a vessel off Mauritius will likely be mostly completed by January, the bulk carrier's owner, Japan's Nagashiki Shipping, said on Thursday.

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing ...

Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems ...

Thousands of tons of oil have spilled creating an environmental disaster. The MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned ship, ran aground on a coral reef at Pointe d'Esny near Mauritius in late July. After days ...