The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a ...

Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in ...

Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California’s leaders have taken ...

What's happening in Los Angeles is another reminder of what life will be like, even in Wisconsin, under a changing climate.

There was no coal baron who lighted the matches. No oil driller who dried out the terrain, priming Southern California to ...

In recent days, however, the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds—which have been fanning the flames—have begun to slow down.

Insurance companies canceled coverage on houses in neighborhoods that later burned. Government officials blame climate change ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

Extreme heat dries out vegetation and the soil. Wildfires ignite more easily, spread faster and burn with greater intensity ...

If you grew up in Southern California, you don’t need a weather person to know which way the Santa Ana winds blow. These dry ...

Southern California's winds typically flow ... said it's difficult to make a connection between climate change and the Santa Ana winds. But he did note that research shows drought conditions ...