On a cold and windy day off the coast of Alabama, a team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts gathers, conducting the first test outside a laboratory for a potential ...

Rush says ocean can take care of itself. May 3, 2010— -- Scientists and environmentalists scoffed at Rush Limbaugh's suggestion that the ocean would clean up itself following a devastating ...

In a world of weird, this one ranks up there... A non-profit out of San Francisco, California, is cleaning up oil spills using the naturally adsorbent properties of human hair, woven into thick mats ...

Researchers use laser treatments to transform ordinary cork into a powerful tool for treating oil spills. They tested variations of a fast-pulsing laser treatment, closely examining the nanoscopic ...

Volunteers helping to clean up the oil spill on Russia’s Black Sea coast are appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin for more assistance, as they grapple with environmental havoc across more ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) student hopes to help clean up the planet's future oil spills. "If anybody ever feels like they want to clean up the oceans with me ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A non-profit organization uses an often discarded part of the body to clean up deadly oil spills: the hair on your head. No, they won't flip you over and use you like a mop. Matter of ...

MOSCOW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, saying efforts so far appeared to have been ...

New Jersey’s coastal businesses are at risk right now from a hidden threat that could spell disaster at a moment’s notice: oil spills. Our state has been largely protected from offshore oil drilling ...