I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

Jack Hassett was among scores of residents slowly returning on Tuesday to Los Angeles neighborhoods ravaged by wildfires to ...

Jen Pierce receives funding from the National Science Foundation and is the chair of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology ...

Parched Southern California was forecast to face more dangerous winds on Wednesday but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, dampening the prospects of another round of killer wildfires.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads ...

A Pacific Palisades home that narrowly survived the ... city and county officials to respond to areas of concern to assess geology, soils and water conditions in and around burn scars.

Geology and wildfire experts say landslides ... particularly in places with steep slopes and hillsides like the Pacific Palisades. "Wildfire increases the susceptibility of steep slopes to ...

The number of confirmed deaths in the fires climbed to at least 27 after authorities said they found remains in the two major fire zones on Wednesday.

A picture of a $2 million Pacific Palisades home before ... which includes geology, soils and weather conditions. "The Palisades is suffering right now," he said. Pastrella went onto explain ...

A Pacific Palisades house that was still standing after the Palisades Fire was split in two by a landslide in the neighborhood overlooking the Los Angeles County coast. A mud slide and wildfire ...