For parents who don’t live somewhere that’s warm all year, it’s safe to say that winter is the longest season of them all. As ...

Satellite imagery of the fires shows them burning only miles away from L.A.'s Pacific Ocean shoreline. How could firefighters run out of water when there's a massive body of it just down the road? The ...

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.

While some fire hydrants in Los Angeles ran dry amid the extreme wildfires, people wondered if firefighters could use salt water from the ocean instead of depleting fresh water sources.

Satellite imagery of the fires shows them burning only miles away from L.A.'s Pacific Ocean shoreline. How could firefighters run out of water when there's a massive body of it just down the road?

Sea-level rise has increased by an average of about 8 inches globally over the past century, and that water has pushed salty water into U.S. forests, farms and neighborhoods that had previously ...

In Los Angeles, “Super Scooper” planes are dumping ocean water on the raging wildfires. But using seawater has downsides Patrick Megonigal, Associate Director of Research, Smithsonian ...

Amid the chaos, one question persists: with the Pacific Ocean just miles away, why isn’t its vast water supply being used to extinguish the flames? The answer, it turns out, is more complex than ...