A laborious part of oil spill surveys is finding where the oil isn’t, Owens said. He estimates that after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, about 10,000 pits were dug up in search of oil.

A laborious part of oil spill surveys is finding where the oil isn’t, Owens said. He estimates that after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, about 10,000 pits were dug up in search of oil.

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

It’s important to remember that disasters worthy of our attention as Americans are not only natural disasters like wildfires, but those that were man-made, like the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010 ...

Oil spills are significant environmental disasters that can have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, shorelines, and coastal communities. The research surrounding oil spills focuses on ...

A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend, the second such incident in 10 days. The spill occurred just more than a mile ...

In addition to the ecological impacts, the oil spill has had profound socioeconomic effects. Local communities have reported declines in food security, public health, and tourism, leading to ...

He and other volunteers were tasked with shoveling away the oil-drenched sand ... and warned of a deadly impact on Black Sea marine life. Environmentalists say the spill is particularly difficult ...