The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Oil spill impact assessment has evolved from physics-based trajectory modeling toward multidisciplinary frameworks that ...

Birds were found covered in oil on the Refugio beach. — -- Two days after a ruptured pipeline leaked an estimated 21,000 gallons of oil off the California shore, wildlife -- including pelicans -- ...

Oil spill research has rapidly evolved into a multidisciplinary field that examines the sources, dispersal, environmental fate, and long-term ecological impacts of accidental releases. The breadth of ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...

January 1969, Santa Barbara, California: an offshore drilling rig operated by Union Oil blows. The intense upward pressure of surging natural gas explodes the soft ocean floor around the rig and thick ...

A major oil spill off Mexico's Gulf Coast has sparked outrage after a state-owned oil company failed to inform the public for four days. As reported by Mexico News Daily, Mexico's state oil company ...

WEEKS ISLAND – A month after an oil spill in coastal Iberia Parish, the little island at the edge of Vermilion Bay looks bleak. Footsteps churn up oil mixed with mud and ash. A rainbow sheen spreads ...