The oil spill has leaked millions of gallons, and many of the wells remain uncapped Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles Bureau ...

This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a blistering June day in Houma, Louisiana, the local offices of BP—now theDeepwater Horizon Incident Command ...

Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have developed an energy-efficient graphene-based technology for effective oil-water ...

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...

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 ...

A large oil spill in 2011 from a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria, known as the Bonga, was one of the ...

In late January 1991 US president George Bush announced the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. Photojournalist Steve McCurry: "The camels fleeing for their lives, trying to find safe-haven ...

Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment.

Documents reveal the RMS Niagara shipwreck could cause a $200 million oil spill clean-up. Maritime NZ has recommended a $13.7 million survey to assess the oil risk, but governments have declined.

The Niagara pictured departing Sydney for Vancouver on August 28, 1924. The passenger liner was requisitioned for service during World War I and II and sank on June 19, 1940 after she struck a ...

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 ...