As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the aftermath of an oil spill, capturing the heartbreaking environmental damage caused ...

Despite efforts to clean up oil spills, the Gulf’s fragile ecosystems continue to suffer, with long-term impacts on ...

India's southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 billion in compensation ...

A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University ...

China's regime agnostic diplomacy in Africa--investing in countries irrespective of a government's adherence to the rule of law--holds inherent risks for Chinese investments and regional stability.

Mideast is crucial to China's belt and road plan, but amid the Iran-Israel war, a question resurfaces: how safe are Chinese assets there? Watching as missile bombardments threaten key shipping routes ...

NTSB estimated that the spill caused $30 million in damage. The amount of oil spilled was far less than the 2010 BP oil disaster, when 134 million gallons were released in the weeks following an oil ...

The oil giant paid out $65 billion in cleanup costs, charges and penalties, but the scars still remain. The boats can be seen almost everywhere you look along Bayou la Loutre in St. Bernard Parish.

Two oil tankers were damaged during a storm in the Kerch Strait, causing a major oil spill along the Russian coastline. The spill has contaminated dozens of kilometers of coastline, threatening ...

Louisiana fishermen concerned about impact from liquified natural gas An oil spill that leaked more than 34,000 gallons out in a southern Louisiana bayou over the weekend has already killed ...

Because oil is lighter than water, it rises through the ocean after spills, which are usually caused by leaking underwater pipelines or sometimes by natural processes. It was believed that when ...