(Nanowerk News) Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region’s ecosystem can be significant. This is especially true for the world’s Arctic ...

Effective methods for in situ capture of spilled oil are thus essential to minimize contamination from such disasters. Many oil spill cleanup technologies, however, exhibit poor hydrodynamic stability ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region’s ecosystem can be significant. This is especially true for the world’s Arctic region, where newly ...

Advances in nanotechnology may provide solutions to oil spill cleanups in coastal regions that are more effective, safer and work much faster than current methods, according to a new paper.

Footage shows Russian divers inspecting the wreckage of a sunken tanker in the Black Sea and addressing the damage caused by ...

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations due to the recent oil spill. Local ...

More information: Huifang Bi et al, Nanotechnology for oil spill response and cleanup in coastal regions, Environmental Science: Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00954A ...

Emergency teams were continuing to clean up a massive oil spill staining the Kerch Strait ... spilling around 2,400 metric tons of oil products into the Black Sea. The incident has led to ...

Seeking clarification is the right move, since many insurers either don't provide coverage for oil spill cleanup or offer it as an add-on to standard policies, according to the Insurance Bureau of ...

A Charlottetown resident is calling on the P.E.I. government to do more to protect homeowners after reading about a recent oil spill very similar ... environmental cleanup bill from the province ...

No oil slicks have been observed, said the Singapore Police Force, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) and National Environment ...