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

In the Black Sea, Russia is dealing with what experts in and outside Russia say might be the worst environmental disaster the country has seen this century. Thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil leaked ...

Two Russian tankers have been severely damaged following a storm in the Black Sea. This video, shot from inside one of the vessels on Sunday (15 December), appears to show part of a tanker ripped ...

Russia has declared a federal state of emergency over an oil spill in the Black Sea, which came after a tanker "split in half" during a fierce winter storm. The head of the Russian Emergencies ...

The oil is from the tankers which were hit by a storm on Dec. 15 ... of fuel oil should have remained at the bottom of the Black Sea, which would have allowed it to be collected in the water ...

The Kerch Strait runs between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and separates ... The oil leaked from two ageing tankers that were hit by a storm on Dec 15. One sank and the other ran aground.

The spill has hit several critical sites, including Kerch beaches and areas near Lake Tobechikskoye. Photos of cleanup efforts reveal volunteers in white suits shoveling oil-soake ...

The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the Southern Ocean, according to a study published Wednesday. Scientists know ...

Under a pitch-black sky, the Ocean of Storms presents an eerie face ... hue than the brownish gray Apollo 11 rocks from the Sea of Tranquility—and much larger. The biggest of these ...