Category Archives: Oil Spill

How do you clean up an oil spill?

How you clean up an oil spill will depend on many factors because of the variation in oil types, locations, and weather conditions involved. There are four main methods of oil spill cleanup. These remedies are mainly in reference to marine oil spill clean up. (1) Use dispersants to break up the oil and speed its natural biodegradation.…
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Nanofur for oil spill cleanup

Some water ferns can absorb large volumes of oil within a short time, because their leaves are strongly water-repellent and, at the same time, highly oil-absorbing. Researchers of KIT, together with colleagues of Bonn University, have found that the oil-binding capacity of the water plant results from the hairy microstructure of its leaves. It is…
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How aquatic plants can help clean up oil spills

Scientists in Germany are exploring how aquatic plants can help clean up oil spills and there appears to be some potential in water plants. The team of researchers, who published their findings in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, looked at a wide array of water plants. They found four species of aquatic ferns to efficiently…
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Fear of oil spill after oil rig runs aground in Scotland

Thousands of litres of diesel are feared to have spilled into the ocean from an oil rig that ran aground on the Western Isles in severe weather. Checks found that two of the fuel tanks on the Transocean Winner rig have been breached but the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it is “unclear at…
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