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 ...

Researchers from Texas A&M and UC Berkeley have successfully conducted the first large-scale experiment using fire whirls to clean up offshore oil spills. The tornado-like spinning-flame method could ...

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 ...

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 ...

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ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis woman who survived last May’s tornado is now picking up the pieces again after her home caught fire during roof repairs. Homeowner Tamara Pfeifer says the contractors started ...

The research team engineered a setup of three 16-foot-tall walls placed in a triangular pattern, to twist airflow around an ignited crude-oil-coated pool of water. The result: a nearly 17-foot-tall ...

Severe storms brought damaging tornadoes to parts of the central US Thursday and Friday, shredding buildings into piles of ...

Last week, it was letting ocean plastics drift where they lie in the name of creating new ecosystems. This week, it is creating incineration chambers to more efficiently burn spilt oil. Is there any ...