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  "id": 16165853,
  "title": "From satellites to robot 'dolphins' to AI: Inside the race to stop oil spills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/from-satellites-to-robot-dolphins-to-ai-inside-the-race-to-stop-oil",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T07:58:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/from-satellites-to-robot-dolphins-and-ai-inside-the-race-to-stop-oil-spills-1.500720837"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When oil spills into the sea, responders face a race against wind, waves, and time. Now modern satellite and AI tools can help detect spills faster. Cleanup sequence Cleanup, however, is not simply “removing oil”. It is a sequence of containment, recovery, dispersal, burning, and shoreline protection — each with trade-offs. Booms and skimmers can recover only part of a slick, while dispersants…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}