Oil spills in oceans can spell disaster for ecosystems, but options for mitigating them are limited and can come with their own environmental challenges. A new "fire tornado" from Texas A&M University ...
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Scientists Suggest That Igniting Oil Spills to Create Fire Tornadoes Might Actually Be Good for the Oceans
"Our goal is to harness the chaotic nature of fire whirls as a powerful, precise restoration tool, to protect coastlines, ...
As wildfires quickly spread in windy conditions on Feb. 17, the dangerous weather led to unique phenomena, like fire whirls ...
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Scientists test giant fire tornado to clean oil spills faster and with less smoke
Researchers from Texas A&M and UC Berkeley have successfully conducted the first large-scale experiment ...
Woodward, Oklahoma, is under emergency evacuation as the fast-moving 43 Fire spreads into town and a fire whirl forms.
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Scientists say fire tornadoes from ignited oil spills might actually save oceans
Researchers have run the first large-scale field test of deliberately generated fire whirls over crude oil floating on water, ...
Strong winds pushed wildfires from the Oklahoma panhandle into southwest Kansas where they burned more than 145,000 acres as ...
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The giant fire tornado that could save our oceans
In the frantic hours following an offshore oil spill, emergency responders face a destructive decision: let the oil spread or ignite it. Once ignited, it creates an "in-situ" fire pool that stops the ...
The appliance company announced it would lay off roughly 400 workers at its Amana plant in eastern Iowa.
When a lightning storm struck the parched Diablo mountain range in August 2020, igniting fires that turned the skies an apocalyptic shade of orange, the Governor’s Office activated current Oakland ...
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