New research from UC scientists links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and ...

The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the destructive LA fires were likely due to global heating, a new ...

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

“Hydroclimate whiplash” – or rapid swings between intensely dry and extremely wet periods of weather – is happening more ...

A report by by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) looks at climate change and the likelihood of wildfire disaster in LA. Prof Gabi Hegerl FRS, Professor of Climate System Science, University of ...

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 ...

Climate change has brought both fiercer rains and deeper droughts, leaving the city with brush like kindling—and the ...

Hotter air holds more moisture, which means that rainfall can be heavier, or increased evaporation can exacerbate droughts.

In early July 2021, the Oregon Bootleg wildfire was considered seasonally abnormal, taking place slightly earlier than a ...

In a new quick-turn analysis, UCLA climate scientists found that climate change could be responsible for roughly a quarter of ...