Aircraft spread dispersants to try to break up the oil spill. Rough seas helped break oil into smaller droplets. This kept oil suspended in the water (not just floating on the surface), which can ...

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Several shipping containers washed ashore on Selsey beach in West Sussex, southern England, on Sunday, December 7, after falling off a cargo ship the day before, according to HM Coastguard. A total of ...

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A highly corrosive acid spill and a "subsequent gas release" were behind the huge emergency response at Plymouth University this afternoon. We reported earlier today how specialist firefighters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Newton Abbot Fire Station (Newton Abbot Fire Station) A highly corrosive acid spill and a "subsequent gas release" were ...

Farmers like Mary Penge, 41, say their crop soil has been contaminated by the toxic spill Even before the dam collapsed, Lamec did not feel safe working at the copper mine. "If our work protective ...

Even before the dam collapsed, Lamec did not feel safe working at the copper mine. "If our work protective gear gets damaged, it is not always replaced," he tells us. "We have to take a risk and use ...

Andy Dinsdale began walking the southern English coast in search of a “sea heart,” a tough Mahogany seed carried by ocean currents from Central and South American rainforests. In his quest to find one ...

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