On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, ...

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?

Aftermath of the 2020 ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Description: Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866, the explosive component of dynamite is a stabilized form of TNT. TNT Equivalent ...

Leader of a multiyear health impact study says work with neighbors of the fire site continues as does the environmental ...

The Lebanese judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two people on Friday in connection with the deadly ...

Ammonium nitrate remains pivotal for fertilizer and explosive applications, driven by safer formulations, technological ...

Ammonium nitrate is commonly used as an agricultural fertiliser, but is also potentially explosive. Its presence in the waters off the busy city of Abidjan - home to more than six million people ...

Estimated yield: 1-2 kilotons of TNT Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany Date: September 21, 1921 Details: An accidental explosion of 4,500 tons of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer ...

NSW Police are investigating how explosives used to blast underground tunnels and quarries were found in a caravan parked in a quiet residential Sydney suburb.

Ammonium nitrate is commonly used as an agricultural fertiliser, but is also potentially explosive. Its presence in the waters off the busy city of Abidjan - home to more than six million people - has ...