Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know
Water runs from a pipe where a home once stood in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles in January...
The Conversation
An eye for an eye: People agree about the values of body parts across cultures and eras
These values seem due more to shared intuitions than local customs or social practices. arturbo/E+ via Getty Images The Bible’s...
How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
An EPA-sponsored cleanup of toxic waste from the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2016. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis...
2024’s extreme ocean heat breaks records again, leaving 2 mysteries to solve Author: Annalisa Bracco, Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The global ocean's surface temperature was still well above average going into 2025. Meaghan Skinner Photography/Moment via Getty Images The...
2024’s extreme ocean heat leaves 2 mysteries to solve Author: Annalisa Bracco, Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The global ocean's surface temperature was still well above average going into 2025. Meaghan Skinner Photography/Moment via Getty Images The...
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California Author: Jon Keeley, Research Ecologist, USGS; Adjunct Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Over 1,000 structures burned in the span of two days, Jan 7-8, 2025, near Los Angeles. AP Photo/Ethan Swope Powerful...
Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry Author: Ming Pan, Senior Research Hydrologist, University of California, San Diego
Dry vegetation helped fuel fires that spread through the Los Angeles area in early January 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images Dry...
Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China Author: Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
When Donald Trump first offered to buy Greenland in 2019, he was widely ridiculed and nothing much came of it,...
Wildfire smoke inside homes can create health risks that linger for months − tips for cleaning and staying safe Author: Colleen E. Reid, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
Smoke from several wind-driven wildfires spread through large parts of the Los Angeles area in early January 2025. AP Photo/Ethan...
Trees ‘remember’ wetter times − never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change Author: Alana Chin, Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology, Cal Poly Humboldt
Trees killed by drought and an outbreak of bark beetles in California's Tahoe National Forest in 2023. AP Photo/Godofredo A....
