The BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010 spilled 205.8 million gallons of oil and 225,000 tons of methane into the Gulf of Mexico. Only about 25 percent of the oil was recovered, leaving more than ...

Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life.

In December 2024, Russian tankers were responsible for a massive oil spill in the Black Sea. The result was a loss of aquatic life and animals who lived near the shores of the sea. Unfortunately ...

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 ...

The House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee on Tuesday unanimously approved the House bill, which received support ...

WASHINGTON — Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at expanding drilling in the Arctic and opening other ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the deepest and largest offshore spill in the United State history and its impacts on marine ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on British Petroleum’s offshore drilling rig (a machine that drills holes into the earth’s surface to drill oil and construct wells) in the Gulf of ...

The BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010 spilled 205.8 million gallons of oil and 225,000 tons of methane into the Gulf of Mexico. Only about 25 percent of the oil was recovered, leaving more than ...

Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life. Nearly 15 years on from the biggest marine spill in history, are we any better at cleaning up oil at sea? Jocelyn Timperley ...