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, ...

Meteorologist Reed Timmer posted video of whirling columns of fire while chasing wildfires that swept into southwest Kansas ...

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