Just how small are nanomaterials? And what can we do with stuff that small? Today we’ll discuss some special properties of nanomaterials, how some can change at different sizes, and the difference between engineered nanomaterials and...

For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 17 of those years without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel to discover the methods and new technologies developed to fight oil spills in the ocean. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible...

We investigate the effectiveness of different methods to clear oil spills from water. First, we try to burn the oil in a sample of water using a gas lighter but there is no effect. Next, we break the oil up using detergent but this does...

A case study of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, and how it affected the surrounding environment.
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Explore the invaluable contributions of bacteria to our world. Discover how decomposers break down organic matter, enabling soil enrichment for plant growth. Learn how bacteria assist in environmental cleanup, particularly during oil...

Fossil Fuel Use in Motor Vehicles explores negative environmental impacts by explaining how the use of fossil fuels in motor vehicles affects the planet.

We normally hear about pollution in terms of global impact, but there are places that feel the brunt of human activity much, much more than others. Here are the 10 most polluted places on earth.

It explains the sources of water pollution, its effects and the ways to prevent and control water pollution.

This video provides an entertaining and educational exploration of the differences between sea lions and seals. It discusses their physical characteristics, behaviors, habitats, and the challenges they face in the wild. Viewers will gain...

This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Louisiana.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, the West took aim at Russia's oil sector to hamper Russia's wartime economy. Andrew Chang explains how Western leaders used oil price caps and shipping embargoes to disrupt a critical source of revenue — and...

Court of Appeal in The Hague rules the British-Dutch multinational’s Nigerian subsidiary must pay out over a 2008 case.

AP Television

1. Oil in the water surrounding the barge carrying the containment
box
2. Pan left of oil rigs in
the area
3. Tilt down to oi
l in the water
4. Tilt up from chains attached to the...

1. Wide of Tigress river, large plumes of black smoke in the sky

2. Wide of fire burning on smokey landscape , black smoke rising from f
lames
3. Mid of black plumes of smoke billow
ing in sky
4. Va
rious of...

1. Wide of containment box being lowered into water, zoom in of box

2. Zoom in of containment box going into
water
3. Containment box more than half way submerged
into water
4. Close of...

A team of Alaskan experts is due to fly to Russia within days to

offer their help in containing a huge spill near the A
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pipe running along hilly ground
covered in snow
pipeline
running...

New method to combat oil pollution in water is demonstrated to pollution experts in Holland.

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3. ms m
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4. cu hand holding a small square,...

In Spain, a team of experts will attempt to salvage the remaining cargo of a Spanish oil tanker which ran aground and exploded in La Coruna on the Atlantic coast last week. 88,000 tons of oil may have spilled into the sea, and...

Natural Sound

A team of U-S experts have arrived on the ecologically fragile Galapagos Islands to help clean up an oil spill that officials say is threatening to become a major environmental...

Natural Sound

It is now thought that as many as 60 people were killed in Nigeria when oil leaking from a pipeline near the Lagos port of Apapa caught
fire.
State-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, which...

HEADLINE: Raw video: Bird's eye view of Gulf oil spill

CAPTION: Since the biggest oil spill in U.S. history began to unfold April 20 with an explosion that killed 11 workers aboard an offshore drilling rig, crude has fouled some...

1. Wide of beach with storm clouds; wind blowing in palm tree

2. Rough waters off the
coast
3. Various of
coastline
4. Palm tree
blowing in wind
5. Various of water
crashing into rocks
6. Close-up...

Authorities in the northern Russian city of Usinsk have finally

admitted they cannot cope with the size of the oilspill.
They
called for back-up from throughout Russia and the CI
S and help
started to arrive Monday...