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Clemson University researchers, in conjunction with the Savannah River National Laboratory, are testing vegetable oil as a way to prevent contaminants from getting into ground water aquifers. According to the researchers, the method has the potential to help clean up chlorinated solvents.

The company successfully completed a record-setting production test on the Jack #2 well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

The Arctic Ocean's perennial sea ice, which survives the summer melt season and remains year-round, shrank abruptly by 14 percent between 2004 and 2005, according to a newly published study.

Scientists discover that bacteria roll out carpet of goo that converts deadly heavy metal into less threatening nanospheres.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey evaluated a range of inorganic and organic contaminants in domestic wells from every state and Puerto Rico.

King Energy Services Inc. is a new distributor for its drilling equipment in select counties of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado.

Layne Christensen Co. recently acquired Collector Wells International Inc.

The U.S. EPA is expected to issue guidance advising against collecting tap-water samples for compliance purposes with the faucet aerators removed.

The highly selective award is presented to annually to a limited number of plants worldwide.

In Jamestown, Va., historic Jamestowne archaeologists have discovered a virtual time capsule of environmental and cultural data sealed inside an enormous well that may have been built by Capt. John Smith nearly 400 years ago.