Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits ...

8, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. / Credit: Eric Thayer / Getty Images Salt water's long-term effect One more reason seawater is a last resort in fighting ...

Salt water from the ocean is an option for fighting L.A.'s fires, but it's more complicated than simply going to the beach to transport water to the hillsides.

As the Palisades and Eaton fires continue to scorch Southern California, helpless spectators are raising questions about whether there are better ways to tame the flames. While some fire hydrants in ...

Megonigal, who has studied how historically salt-free coastal forests react to saltwater exposures, wrote in an article for The Conversation that dry conditions in Southern California may allow ...

A firefighter waters down a home after the Eaton Fire burns in Altadena, California. Some have questioned if ocean water can be used to battle the blazes (AP) Sea water, in theory, could be used ...