Abstract Wetlands along the Yellow Sea coast of China, which are a major staging area for
shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, are in a state of crisis that threatens the …

With the uneven oil distribution worldwide and the growing dependency on oil across
countries, tanker transportation has gained increasing predominance in oil trade. However …

The oil spill pollution has become one of the most significant threats to the marine
environment and coastal ecology. An efficient way is urgently expected to remove the oil …

This paper summarizes the recent research results from studies concerning heavy metals in
the Bohai Sea in recent decades. The temporal and spatial variations and potential sources …

Oil spillages and industrial discharge of oily water have caused severe damage to global
environment. Currently a great many of oil-absorbing materials including graphene …

The sea surface microlayer (SML) is the boundary interface between the atmosphere and
ocean, covering about 70% of the Earth's surface. With an operationally defined thickness …

Hydrophobic and oleophilic absorbent materials have received wide attention in recent
years for potential applications in pollutant removal from accidental spills of oil or organic …

The safety of crude oil tankers is always a focus under the rapid development of oil trade
and maritime transportation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the critical factors that …

Oil spill modeling is fundamental for planning and preparing for, as well as responding to
and mitigating, actual spill events. As a result, significant research effort has been directed …

How to improve marine oil spill response efficiency to minimize environmental and
socioeconomic impacts has been recognized as a growing, critical need worldwide in both …