Researchers have run the first large-scale field test of deliberately generated fire whirls over crude oil floating on water, and the results challenge conventional thinking about oil-spill cleanup.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oil spills have a new whirlwind solution. Disasters like Exxon Valdez in 1989 and Deepwater Horizon in 2010 are difficult to clean ...
A 2003 bourbon spill accident in Kentucky that created a 100-foot fire whirl on a lake has inspired scientists to develop a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, it was letting ocean plastics drift where they lie in the name of creating new ecosystems. This week, it is creating ...
Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.