L.A. County finds high lead levels in soil on properties already cleaned by Army Corps
New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other ...
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How the Times tested for soil toxins after the L.A. fires
Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton ...
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Lunar microwave to purify water frozen in Moon’s soil wins UK Space Agency award
A technology that uses microwaves (to defrost) and ultrasound (to break down) contaminants in melted lunar ice to provide clean, ...
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Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming
University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo were on a train to visit Ryu’s family ...
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FEMA rejects call by Newsom’s office to test soil in fire areas for toxic contaminants
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief disaster officer on Wednesday urged the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider its decision to ...
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Feds won’t test soil after L.A. wildfire cleanup, potentially leaving contamination behind
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that it won’t order soil testing at properties damaged by the Eaton ...
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Hidden threats to soil apparent from sewage sludge research
Image credit: Zoe Schaeffer/unsplash. Recent research from The James Hutton Institute suggests that hidden threats from the agricultural use of ...
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You’re not crazy. We’re in a drought and it’s pouring rain
I was nearing the end of my trip to my parents’ house in western Massachusetts for Thanksgiving when my phone ...
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Man who faked his own death and fled overseas back on U.S. soil, in custody
The Wisconsin man, who allegedly faked his own death before turning up alive and well overseas, returned to U.S. soil ...
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Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees todayheadline
A bee pollinating a squash flowerRoman Kýbus/Alamy Plants treated with diverse species of fungi that live on roots grew larger ...
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