A confluence of factors is making wildfires worse. Among them: increasingly dramatic swings between wet and dry conditions in ...

A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and ...

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the ...

Hydroclimate whiplash is a term to refer to rapid weather shifts between very wet and intensely dry, and this phenomenon is increasing around the world ... | Earth And The Environment ...

Swain has said the "hydroclimate whiplash" in California has increased fire risk twofold: "First, by greatly increasing the growth of flammable grass and brush in the months leading up to fire ...

“Hydroclimate whiplash” – or rapid swings between intensely dry and extremely wet periods of weather – is happening more often worldwide, according to a new study. What the science ...

Two large wildfires that exploded on January 7 in Los Angeles were the most destructive and potentially the costliest in the city's history.  Still burning after three weeks, the Palisades and Eaton ...

Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways. | Earth And The Environment ...