Gulf Oil Spill

A highly porous and recyclable mat developed at Saudi Arabia’S King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) could mean good things for the environment, with its creators reporting it can adsorb oil with great efficiency.

A high-tech robotic submersible has been sent to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to help shed some light on where oil is spilling beneath the ocean surface and to aid biologists and others understand the effects of this catastrophic event.