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California’s wildfires have significantly impacted wildlife, prompting researchers at the Natural History Museum to examine the effects on bird populations.
It’s one of many things still unknown about the fires’ effect on L.A.’s ecosystems.
Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire’s underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.
The gunk has turned up on shorelines from Malibu to Redondo Beach: ghostly lines of charred black bits and melted debris left behind by retreating waves.
On Monday, the county medical examiner confirmed that Patricia McKenna, a longtime Altadena resident, perished in her Punahou Street home during the Eaton fire.
In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters.
When the fires erupted Jan. 7, burn centers across the Los Angeles region braced for an influx of patients, updating one another on the beds and staff available for critically injured people.
Health researchers began sharing warnings on social media several days ago, urging members of the community to make copies of federal data before the information was removed from the CDC website.
The debris and pollution from the recent L.A. fires will eventually make their way to the ocean — and scientists will be gauging the impact.
The University of California, the nation’s top recipient of federal research funding in higher education, is raising questions and concerns about the Trump administration’s pause in research grant reviews announced this week.
