The huge blast that destroyed the Port of Beirut and left large parts of the city in ruins was likely a disaster waiting to happen, given the reckless storage conditions of Ammonium Nitrate at the ...

Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said caused the devastating Beirut blast, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer and has caused numerous industrial ...

Simultaneous wintertime measurements in Chengdu show that aerosol liquid water, supplied mainly by ammonium nitrate, is the ...

An explosion at a warehouse in the Port of Beirut on Tuesday killed more than 100 people and left more than 4,000 people injured. In the aftermath of the blast, videos show plumes of red-brown smoke ...

A deep-dive into the chemistry and legacy of the compound offers clues into what sparked Lebanon’s catastrophe. A large explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4. The blast, which ...

The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the ...