So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled pilots flying planes ... water. In our TEMPEST test plots, we pump salty water from the nearby Chesapeake Bay into tanks, then sprinkle it on the forest ...

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

a $30 million amphibious plane. It’s capable of scooping 1,600 gallons of water from a lake in 12 seconds and dropping it on a fire minutes later. It can release water from as low as 100 feet.

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

A Culver City man accused of flying a drone and crashing it into a water-dropping aircraft ... commission temporarily as the Palisades Fire raged. The plane had been sent from Canada.

and slows the advance of the fire," according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The components are mixed with water and can be made available as wet or dry concentrates ...

a $30 million amphibious plane. It’s capable of scooping 1,600 gallons of water from a lake in 12 seconds and dropping it on a fire minutes later. It can release water from as low as 100 feet.

In emergencies, dumping ocean water on fires may be the best option. But seawater can have long-term effects on equipment and ecosystems, as a novel coastal experiment shows.

So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled pilots flying planes aptly ... we pump salty water from the nearby Chesapeake Bay into tanks, then sprinkle it on the forest soil surface fast enough ...

A seawater experiment in a coastal forest As an ecosystem ecologist ... coastal exposure While ocean water can help fight fires, there are reasons fire officials prefer freshwater sources ...