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Super Scoopers Battle Los Angeles Wildfires

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Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

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Megon Megonigal: Sea-level rise has pushed salty water into U.S. forests, farms and neighborhoods that had previously known only freshwater.

She says storms push seawater ever farther onto the dry land, killing trees and creating ghost forests.

Megoniger: The consequences of adding seawater to ecosystems are not yet well understood, but we can gain insights on what to expect by considering the effects of sea level rise.

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