The US Geological Survey’s ARkStorm studies included extensive analyses of vulnerabilities to flooding. In 2016, USGS Researchers Geoffrey Plumlee, Charles...
Editorial: Get the ‘forever chemicals’ out of our drinking water
Photo: A machine is rinsed that runs samples to test for PFAS compounds at the Orange County Water District on...
Strawberry fields forever? Production leaves long-term plastic pollution
Photo: polyethylene mulched strawberry fields, San Luis Obispo, CA. Credit: Seeta Sistla Researchers have found that the plastic mulch used...
Risk of tap water exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals higher in Southern California
Nearly 50% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have at least one type of PFAS, a group of...
Fire retardant kills fish. Is it worth the risk?
Photo: Firefighters drop retardant over Aliso Canyon during the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, California, on May 11, 2022. Jeff...