"We were able to use these patterns to control the movement of objects as small as a grain of rice." Scientists develop ...

The way oil drops break up at the water's surface means some oil may not get cleaned up after a spill. Oil drops from underwater oil spills can break into tinier droplets at the surface that ...

The result was a chaotic collection of crushed rafts and blackened water. This accident was estimated to have caused an oil spill amounting to between 12,000 and 15,000 barrels into Oil Creek.

Oil spills happen when small or large amounts of crude oil or distilled oils like gasoline or diesel are released into bodies of water and coastal lands. The spill contains toxic chemicals and can ...

The team simulated a freshwater oil spill in the laboratory by combining water and river sediment collected directly from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, Canada, in a tank and then adding ...

News reports quoted a company official saying they had notified the U.S. Coast Guard that an oil spill had occurred, after the company observed an oily sheen in the water. The Coast Guard said it ...

An oil spill that leaked more than 34,000 gallons out in a southern Louisiana bayou over the weekend has already killed wildlife and prompted a water conservation order for people in the area.

The Coast Guard said the cause of the spill and the responsible party are still under investigation as of Monday. The United States Coast Guard said Monday that about 19,000 gallons of oil-water ...

Parish officials said drinking water is not at risk “at this time” from the oil spill in a waterway that several communities in the region rely on for their drinking water. Due to the ...

Oceanic oil spills ... food and water. It's a net negative for the entire planet, and it takes a lengthy, expensive effort to clean up. Unfortunately, despite how catastrophic oil spills can ...

If oil is present, they will be fewer in number or in a weakened condition, she said. In the first days after the March 22 spill, Quigg's research team took water samples near where the Summer ...

Baltimore Gas and Electric successfully pilots a device that filters out oil in a hydrocarbon spill, so water can be safely discharged into the environment. No utility is immune to high-voltage ...