*The idea of using ocean water to combat wildfires has gained momentum in recent years, particularly in wildfire-prone regions like Los Angeles, where fierce blazes can engulf vast areas in mere hours ...
As the city takes stock of the wreckage, firefighters are still battling several wildfires in the Los Angeles region — and the path of destruction is enormous. An extremely dry 2024 — inextricable at ...
Patrick Megonigal, Associate Director of Research, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center A firefighting plane dumps water on one of the fires in the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Brian van der ...
Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...
Far below the familiar blue of the oceans, scientists are uncovering evidence of a vast hidden reservoir of water locked ...
Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...
For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed their noses at desal’s lofty price tag. But as the American ...