This seems to be plausible only without significant wind in the middle of the ocean. If huge wind barriers can be set up without being blown over, then maybe this can be as ‘very realistic’ as this is claimed to be.

It’ll be cool to see in practice though.

Well, that can’t go badly.

Fire elementals?

Gonna give Trump the Fiendfyre spell to clean up oil slicks? Nothing can go wrong I’m sure.

“Scientists could soon use…”?

What the kind of articles are you sending us? That is clear bullshit

Taking that headline at face value, fire is apparently good for getting rid of radioacive waste, sewerage, agricultural chemical runoff …