"Our discovery sheds light on a previously unknown pathway by which oil can spread pollution inside the ocean." And the smaller an oil droplet is, the harder it is to clean up, he added.

People living in the oil patch, Schade said, faced “simultaneous exposure to air, water, noise and light pollution” that was hard for outsiders to fathom. Only those “actually living in the ...

speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light pollution impacts marine life. Uncovering hidden oil spills Satellite imagery means large oil spills in the ocean are relatively ...

Does this mean that the UK’s oil and gas sector have cleaned up their act? They would certainly like you to think so. But ocean pollution isn’t just about large oil slicks that spread across ...

A former oil engineer, David Bojo Leju, has told the BBC World service that flooding in the area is washing pollution into water sources. Large swathes of the state have been under water for ...

"Our discovery sheds light on a previously unknown pathway by which oil can spread pollution inside the ocean." And the smaller an oil droplet is, the harder it is to clean up, he added.

Satellite imagery means large oil spills in the ocean are relatively easily detected. When a tanker crashes or a pipe bursts, scientists know where to look. But smaller pollution events can appear ...