Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

An oil slick first spotted over a week ago has spread to pollute around 40 kilometres of West Coast beaches, now threatening ...

A team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an innovative technique that allows the ...

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill ...

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong ...

The Sounion, laden with one million barrels of crude oil, posed a significant spill risk after sabotage by the Iran-backed rebel group. The Sounion incident underscores escalating maritime threats ...

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

Offshore drilling is a direct result of the growing global appetite for oil and gas ... in the mid-depth and deep ocean. Initial concerns regarding the BP spill have focused on the coast.

A wave of cancellations is sweeping through spas and children's camps in Anapa, a Russian town on the Black Sea.As the pollution from a huge December 2024 oil spill washes onto local beaches, many ...

Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are "most likely related to the fuel oil spill." The center said on the messaging app Telegram that a total of 61 dead cetaceans ...

The spill appears to have moved quickly after the initial incident. On 24 December, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify showed oil accumulating on a beach in Anapa - some 40 miles from the strait.