Mark Abramson for The New York Times Kristy Brauch, a nature educator who put out a call for fire-affected residents to collect soil, said she sees the samples as an insurance policy, in case data ...

Nicole Hausman lost her home in the Palisades Fire. The citrus trees next to her home were also charred. All three homeowners worry their soil isn't safe, and they all want their properties tested ...

WATSONVILLE — Recent testing of South Santa Cruz County soils ... absent background data, it was difficult to attribute the presence of metals to the Vistra fire. Similarly, after scooping ...

Soil degradation, soil rehabilitation and the influence of forest practices (eg. harvesting) and natural disturbance (eg. fire) on soils is emphasised. The impact of climate change on forest soils ...