“Hydroclimate whiplash” – or rapid swings between intensely dry and extremely wet periods of weather – is happening more ...
Rapid swings from intensely wet conditions to extreme dryness are becoming more common, according to a new study. Scientists ...
Lightning, sparks from cars or power lines, campfires and arsonists set areas aflame. Dry Santa Ana winds (40-70 mph, with gusts of 120-150 mph) whip fires into infernos. Depleted, defunded fire ...
We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- think contributed.
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LA Waterkeeper shared this summary information resource about how the LA fires will affect area water supplies, as well as ...
Hydroclimate whiplash, or abrupt shifts between dry and wet weather, made Southern California vulnerable to the wildfires.
New research from UC scientists links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and ...
The following is an excerpt from a recent article on the Weather West Blog Note: This special Weather West article focuses on ...
The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...
The fires that have engulfed Los Angeles cap the hottest decade in history. Each year in the last ten was record-warm, but ...
These extreme 'whiplash' cycles can worsen wildfires, as we saw in the LA fires, which ended with a high human cost ...