Our oceans are under constant threat. In addition to plastic pollution, fentanyl-laden sewage , and skinny-dippers slathered in reef-harming sunscreen , oil spills are notorious marine devastators. They also present a tough dilemma for frantic cleanup crews: allow the oil to disperse or set it ablaze? In-situ burning may help slow the spread and clear the crude, but it also introduces drawbacks, generating dense black smoke, toxic soot, and a sickly sludge of unburned material. To bypass these