Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. A report released Wednesday gives that distinction to fossil ...

How pollution may remain in water after oil spill cleanups. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 07 / 240718145043.htm. University of Illinois Chicago.

Thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the water in Baltimore’s Harbor East area Wednesday afternoon from diesel tanks supplying fuel to the Johns Hopkins Hospital care facilities, ...

Last year, oil tanker MT Princess Empress was carrying about 800,000 litres of industrial fuel when it capsized on Feb. 28 and eventually sank, causing an oil spill which took three months to ...

The government yesterday tabled the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness Response and Responsibility Bill 2025 in the National Assembly which says that operators must take full responsibility ...

At least the oil spill protection bill has now been passed by the National Assembly and presumably will be immediately assented to. However, the troubles facing the country won’t end with the ...

The Gulf of Suez Pollution Control Center detected oil pollution in the South Sinai Governorate, approximately 40 kilometers from Abu Rudeis towards Sharm El-Sheikh. Sources indicated the appearance ...

UK seas suffered nearly 700 oil and chemical spills in the last 12 months - a total of nearly 102,000 kg of toxic pollution, a new interactive map has revealed.

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.. Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they're not the biggest ...

Oil drops from underwater oil spills can break into tinier droplets at the surface that remain suspended in the water, according to research from the University of Illinois Chicago. That means ...