The United States was tormented by rising wildfire rates as various natural resources succumbed to the flames. Scientists were surprised to find that the effects of this natural event left a lasting ...

Wildfires don’t just leave behind scorched earth—they leave a toxic legacy in Western rivers that can linger for nearly a decade. A sweeping new study analyzed over 100,000 water samples from more ...

Years after wildfires burn forests and watersheds, the contaminants left behind continue to poison rivers and streams across the Western U.S. — much longer than scientists estimated. A new study, ...