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In 2023, SkyTruth launched Project Cerulean, which relies on AI to automatically scan satellite images to detect oil slicks at sea and identify who's responsible by comparing vessel movements to oil slick locations.
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Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The announcement came as satellite photos show long, trailing oil slicks from where the bulk carrier Eternity C went down, and another when the Houthis sank the bulk carrier Magic Seas.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
All that was found of his EA-6B Prowler was an oil slick and bits of a white helmet bobbing on a blue sea.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Ohio’s Cuyahoga River was so contaminated, its oil slicks erupted in flames.
—Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
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Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The announcement came as satellite photos show long, trailing oil slicks from where the bulk carrier Eternity C went down, and another when the Houthis sank the bulk carrier Magic Seas.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
All that was found of his EA-6B Prowler was an oil slick and bits of a white helmet bobbing on a blue sea.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Ohio’s Cuyahoga River was so contaminated, its oil slicks erupted in flames.
—Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oil slick
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“Oil slick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20slick. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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