San Diego scientists are collecting samples of ash from California's coast to measure how toxins and urban debris from the ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles County not only caused devastation to human lives and property on land. They ...

The debris and pollution from the recent L.A. fires will eventually make their way to the ocean — and scientists will be ...

said Nicolas Concha-Saiz, NOAA Fisheries’ chief scientist for ... “In contrast, given the source of the burn material in these Los Angeles fires, we are expecting much more ecotoxic effects ...

Fire has always played a crucial role in Southern California’s ecosystem, which features dry conditions and strong, hot desert winds called the Santa Anas, which blow from the east each winter. Many ...

The wildfires in Southern California in January aren't just harmful to humans. Researchers are now looking at the falling ash ...

Firefighters battle the Palisades fire on El Medio Ave. in Pacific Palisades, on Jan. 7, 2025. (Brian van der Brug/Los ...

A grant program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aims to help the resilience of coastal cities and towns.

NOAA's video of a juvenile king crab ... This story was reported from Los Angeles.

Of the various fires that have ignited around Los Angeles since last Tuesday, the two biggest have been the Palisades Fire, ...

Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the ... chief of the monitoring and assessment branch of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.