The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the deepest and largest offshore spill in the United State history and its impacts on marine ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we ...

Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life.

The BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010 spilled 205.8 million gallons of oil and 225,000 tons of methane into the Gulf of Mexico. Only about 25 percent of the oil was recovered, leaving more than ...

Fourteen years ago, the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig suffered a blowout in water a mile deep. The Gulf of Mexico explosion took the lives of 11 people, released ...

Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life. Nearly 15 years on from the biggest marine spill in history, are we any better at cleaning up oil at sea? Jocelyn Timperley ...

Offshore drilling is a direct result of the growing global appetite for oil and gas. At present, ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico are being exposed to an oil spill larger in magnitude and scope ...

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, dolphins living in the area had changes in the activity of genes that regulate lung tissue growth and immune system responses ...

WASHINGTON — Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at expanding drilling in the Arctic and opening other ...

Guyana’s destiny changed in 2015. US fossil fuel giant Exxon discovered nearly 11 billion barrels of oil in the deep water off the coast of this tiny, rainforested country. It was one of the ...