Ash rained down and smoke blanketed Los Angeles during the 2025 wildfires, leaving behind a toxic legacy in soil and homes.

A recent study finds that Arctic soil methane uptake may be larger than previously thought, and that methane uptake increases under dry conditions and with availability of labile carbon substrates.

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To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from residential properties: ...

Satellites are giving cities a clearer view of methane emissions from landfills, turning hard-to-spot leaks into actionable ...

Arctic wetlands are known emitters of the strong greenhouse gas methane (CH 4). Well-drained soils on the other hand remove methane from the atmosphere. In the Arctic and boreal biomes, well drained ...