A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend.

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

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

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 ...

Carnival Freedom was supposed to embark on a Bahamas cruise on January 23 - but remains stuck in port due to an environmental ...

Moscow: More than two dozen marine mammals have been found dead since last month's Russian oil tanker spill in the Black Sea, a dolphin rescue centre said Sunday, as authorities raced to contain ...

Russia has declared a federal state of emergency over an oil spill in the Black Sea ... "Taking into account the current situation and the reports we have heard, I propose classifying the ...

MOSCOW, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than initially thought, the Transport Ministry said on ...

According to the agency, a vessel that had been carrying out pre-shipment maneuvers caused the crude spill ... three boats and took out two engines. Even the water is contaminated with oil and ...

Hydraulic oil spilled at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday from a drill on a vessel that was boring into the seabed in Oura Bay, according ...