Scientists created 17-foot fire whirls that burn oil spills faster and cleaner than conventional methods, reducing soot by 40 ...

Sometimes, the craziest ideas just happen to be the best. Fire whirls burn oil spills faster and cleaner than fire pools, a ...

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Researchers have run the first large-scale field test of deliberately generated fire whirls over crude oil floating on water, ...

"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." The post Scientists Suggest ...

In the frantic hours following an offshore oil spill, emergency responders face a destructive decision: let the oil spread or ...

Fire whirl tests show faster, cleaner oil spill burn than in-situ pools. Find the latest news from the maritime industry on the PortNews website.

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 ...

Fire whirls represent a captivating yet complex combustion phenomenon in which a delicate interplay between buoyancy and ambient flow circulation generates self-sustained vortex flames. These dynamic ...

Alabama has its share of tornadoes. But Hawaii has one better — or worse, depending on how you look at it. The U.S. Geological Survey recently highlighted a phenomenon at Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea ...