Some quick and easy tips to reduce water usage at home.

Living in the Sonoran Desert proves to be a constant reminder on the necessity of conserving water.

Adding microorganisms to the environment to speed up biodegradation in the case of soil or water contamination.

Chemicals that react with oil to form rubber-like solids so that they may be removed from contaminated water.

The common term used to describe a film of oil on a water surface. The term is used in the context of oil spills and other instances of oil contaminating water environments.

A device used for recovering spilled oil from the water’s surface.

A very thin layer of oil, about less than 0.0003mm in thickness, floating on the water surface. Sheen is the commonly observed form of oil during the later stages of an oil spill.

Sensitivity maps identify biological and human resources at risk from an oil spill. They can also outline spill response countermeasures and priorities for protective measures.

Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different in form from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft drink bottles and then casting them as plastic chairs and tables. Plastics are not typically recycled into the same type [...]

Action of the wind, waves, and water on a substance, such as rock, frost or even oil, that leads to disintegration or deterioration of the substance.

The concept of toxicity evaluation in which toxicant concentration and toxicant exposure time are considered to be equal factors in resultant toxicity.