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 ...

Researchers have run the first large-scale field test of deliberately generated fire whirls over crude oil floating on water, and the results challenge conventional thinking about oil-spill cleanup.

Krissy Worth & John Krekelberg with Hands On! Discovery Center, showed us how to make a tornado in a bottle and a fire tornado using ordinary household items! Please take a moment and watch the video ...

This photo shows the upper part of the water tornado model. The acrylic glas tank has a diameter of 50 centimetres and is illuminated with LED strips. The water forms a vortex whose surface shape ...