On a cold and windy day off the coast of Alabama, a team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts gathers, conducting the first test outside a laboratory for a potential ...

Scientists at IIT Guwahati have created a new material. This material can detect kerosene mixed with petrol, a common ...

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 ...

Researchers use laser treatments to transform ordinary cork into a powerful tool for treating oil spills. They tested variations of a fast-pulsing laser treatment, closely examining the nanoscopic ...

In a world of weird, this one ranks up there... A non-profit out of San Francisco, California, is cleaning up oil spills using the naturally adsorbent properties of human hair, woven into thick mats ...

MOSCOW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, saying efforts so far appeared to have been ...

Three Rivers Fire Chief Stephen Nodurf told 22News that crews were called at around 11 a.m. Wednesday for an oil spill of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) student hopes to help clean up the planet's future oil spills. "If anybody ever feels like they want to clean up the oceans with me ...

Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office have been working around the clock to clean up an oil spill ...