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 ...

"Our goal is to harness the chaotic nature of fire whirls as a powerful, precise restoration tool, to protect coastlines, marine ecosystems and the environment as a whole." ...

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 ...

Researchers from Texas A&M and UC Berkeley have successfully conducted the first large-scale experiment using fire whirls to ...

As wildfires quickly spread in windy conditions on Feb. 17, the dangerous weather led to unique phenomena, like fire whirls ...

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 ...

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 Oakland Fire ...

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 ...