After a wildfire, Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Teams must rapidly assess the threat from post-fire erosion and runoff due to the removal ... fire-induced changes in vegetative cover and soil ...

Ashy wildfire sediment on Los Angeles County beaches does not contain chemicals at a level that pose a danger to human health ...

The effects of wildfire ash on soil properties ... The impact of slope angle on ash erosion was minimal. About 80% of the ash applied to the surfaces is retained after rainfall across different slope ...

The goal is to create a physics-informed machine learning model of soil burn severity that not only predicts wildfire impacts ...

Soil testing revealed concerning levels of lead on properties downwind of the Eaton fire, as well as isolated "hot spots" of ...

Soil erosion remains severe for up to two years after a wildfire, stabilising within three to five years. However, full ecosystem recovery varies. Fish take three years to rebound, marine ...

Echoing an earlier request from the state, local lawmakers have renewed a call for FEMA to reconsider its policy not to test soil of fire-scorched land. But the answer is the same: It’s not ...

Suppression efforts continue as officials say there’s 100% containment in the Table Rock Complex and Persimmon Ridge ...

The recent wildfires that swept across the Gyeongsang provinces and other parts of the country burned a record 48,239 ...