The Deepwater Horizon Explosion was one of the most devastating environmental disasters in history, but how did it happen and how was the oil leak stopped?

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt.

Dive into the investigation of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and discover what went wrong on that fateful day.

Canadians may think they're intimately familiar with ice in all its forms, but there is one kind that most have probably ...

Cleanup workers who became ill after Deepwater Horizon oil spill are suing BP for compensation About 4 million barrels of crude oil seeped into the Gulf of Mexico and 11 people died in the April ...

Michael Hare steps into the key role as Louisiana does battle against its worsening land loss crisis and intensifying ...

At every level of government—county, state and federal—the profit interests of big business and the strategic concerns of ...

For decades, I responded to oil spills as part of my job at NOAA. With incoming cuts, our abilities to do this crucial work is being hit hard, explains this guest columnist.

When it comes to disaster movies, sometimes the scariest ones are natural disasters. These weather occurrences provide the ...

The Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service will award a firm-fixed-price contract to the Gulf of America Alliance, also known as GOAA, for access to and support of the Deep Water ...

The National Science Foundation paid for research on ocean pollutants that seemed esoteric — until the Deepwater Horizon spill suddenly made that knowledge essential for millions of people along ...

In April of 2025, a group of anglers off the coast of Galveston, Texas caught a monster-sized bluefin tuna. The previous ...