{"id":5267,"date":"2025-08-26T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2025-11-13T23:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:29:38","slug":"smoke-on-the-water-uncovering-the-effects-of-wildfires-on-ocean-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/08\/26\/smoke-on-the-water-uncovering-the-effects-of-wildfires-on-ocean-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke on the Water: Uncovering the effects of wildfires on ocean ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/satellite-smoke-plume-los-angeles-fire-2025-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/satellite-smoke-plume-los-angeles-fire-2025-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"satellite imagery of the coast of Southern California and Mexico shows a large plum of smoke and ash blowing out over the Pacific Ocean\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Satellite imagery taken during the Pacific Palisades and Eaton wildfires shows two large plumes of smoke and ash (top right) blowing out over the Pacific Ocean from the fires. 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First, chemical-laden ash blew out to sea as the fires burned, and huge amounts of it settled on the surface of the ocean. Second, rainstorms soon after the fire washed contaminated soil and other debris down the Palisades burn scars into the San Pedro Channel off Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>As a researcher who studies kelp, Tolentino knew this ash and debris could have significant effects on the giant Pacific kelp in the channel. The kelp, a type of macroalgae, is crucial to ocean health. It provides nursery habitat for numerous species, some of them threatened or critically endangered; locks away carbon that would otherwise contribute to global warming; serves as a food source for marine animals; and otherwise contributes to a thriving marine ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>But with a thick of layer of ash blocking the sunlight and chemicals from runoff polluting the water, the outlook was dire. Fortunately, Tolentino and her colleagues, as well as other local researchers, were ready to help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/features\/scrambling-to-study-smoke-on-the-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the rest of the story on the EOS website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/story\/2025-03-02\/like-someone-put-a-blanket-on-the-sea-researchers-race-to-save-kelp-threatened-by-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. 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