oil tankers Archives – Gizmodo Australia

Oil leaks from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, in what the island nation has now declared an environmental emergency. (Photo: Georges de La Tremoille, AP)

Science & Health

1 day ago

Mauritius Faces Environmental Crisis as Stranded Ship Leaks Oil

Alyse Stanley

Sunken Tanker Spawns Four Giant Oil Spills In East China Sea

Science & Health

3 years ago

Sunken Tanker Spawns Four Giant Oil Spills In East China Sea

George Dvorsky

Burning Oil Tanker Sinks, Creating Huge Spill In East China Sea

Science & Health

3 years ago

Burning Oil Tanker Sinks, Creating Huge Spill In East China Sea

George Dvorsky

After burning for nearly an entire week, the Sanchi oil tanker has finally plunged to the bottom of the East China Sea. A large, toxic oil slick now threatens the region, with models suggesting it won’t reach land for another three months.

Environmental Disaster Looms As Oil Tanker Burns Off China’s Coast

Science & Health

3 years ago

Environmental Disaster Looms As Oil Tanker Burns Off China’s Coast

George Dvorsky

Here’s One Way To Reuse Old Oil Tankers: Turn Them Into Small Cities

Computing

5 years ago

Here’s One Way To Reuse Old Oil Tankers: Turn Them Into Small Cities

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Oil tankers are the skyscraper-sized neurons that power the global economy’s nervous system, so it’s not often that we imagine a future without them. But a group of architects is doing just that — and proposing a way to reuse them as infrastructure.

oil tankers

Mauritius Faces Environmental Crisis as Stranded Ship Leaks Oil

Sunken Tanker Spawns Four Giant Oil Spills In East China Sea

Burning Oil Tanker Sinks, Creating Huge Spill In East China Sea

Environmental Disaster Looms As Oil Tanker Burns Off China’s Coast

Here’s One Way To Reuse Old Oil Tankers: Turn Them Into Small Cities

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