Science

LAist: New study raises questions about heavy metals in fire retardants

Over the past decade, about 67 million gallons of fire retardant have been dropped on wildfires across California, according to…

3 weeks ago

Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans

A firefighter walks through haze as the Park fire burns near Mineral, Calif., in early August. (Noah Berger / Associated…

3 months ago

Protecting communities and watersheds through research in a redwood forest

Tour group hikes through Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Northern California. Credit: Photo by Hilary Clark, U.S. Forest Service Water…

3 months ago

Drought-driven water pollution hits California Latino communities hard

Drought-driven drinking water contamination is disproportionately affecting members of California’s Latino communities, a new study has found. Among the pollutants…

3 months ago

STANFORD NEWS: A new approach to the problem of water affordability

Soaring water utility bills force many households to ration water use for essential needs while still falling behind on payments.…

4 months ago

Turning agricultural waste to treasure

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley…

4 months ago

Dragonflies Reveal Surprising Insights into Mercury Pollution

Public Participants Make Monitoring Possible in Uncharted Locations Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media DetailsThe map above shows sites where dragonfly larvae…

4 months ago

EPA releases information that states and Tribes can use to protect local fish from toxic tire chemicals

From the US EPA: Today, June 10 [2024], the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published water quality screening values under the…

5 months ago

‘Grey infrastructure’ can’t meet future water storage needs

Photo: Aerial view of the Saint Etienne Cantales hydroelectric dam in France. | Romain Longieras A new study maps how energy and…

6 months ago

Well Data Explorer: Visualizing Contaminated Groundwater in 3D

Map: A 3D view with basemap transparency adjusted to show underground wells, with filtering by chemical and the category of…

7 months ago