Scientists Create Giant Fire Tornadoes To Clean Up Oil Spills

Oil spills are some of the most destructive forms of marine pollution known to man, thanks to their acute toxicity and ability to devastate marine habitats. The BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 ranks as one of the worst accidental oil spills in history, having released over 134 million gallons (~4.9 million barrels) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days. The spill is estimated to have caused $17.2 billion in natural resource damages; killed ~1 million birds, hundreds of thousands of sea turtles and billions of…