Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in lasting damage to carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, as well as to the ...

I first heard the term on the local evening news in fall of 2018: Meteorologist Kris Kuyper was talking about hydrophobic soils. This potentially catastrophic natural phenomenon seems counterintuitive ...

Serina Diniega always wanted to plant an avocado tree at her Altadena home, but now she worries the creamy green fruit might pose a threat. Her yard was scorched in the Eaton fire as her block went up ...

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. - In Rockdale County, the results of an EPA whistleblower’s independent testing on the county’s water and soil shed new light on the effects of the massive chemical fire at the ...

It surrounds people’s homes. It’s in local parks, schoolyards and parkways abutting sidewalks. But it’s not something people paid much attention to. Until recently. Ever since the Palisades and Eaton ...

Elected officials in California are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Newsom administration to pay for soil testing on properties destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's chief disaster officer on Wednesday urged the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider its decision to forgo post-cleanup soil testing for the Los Angeles County ...