Video: Fire tornado cleans up oil spills
Michael Franco
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 might soon be able to come to the rescue.
Although oil spills from tankers have declined over the years, there are still enough of them to cause concern. In 2025, for example, there were six spills that released a total of nearly 30,000 barrels of crude and fuel oil into the environment. That...