How hydroclimate whiplash contributed to the severity of California wildfires
Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the ...
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Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
New research from UC scientists links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and ...
Saturday Citations: Hydroclimate whiplash in a catastrophic era, cellular coordination, a really old ice core
This week, researchers at the Desert Research Institute reported that lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ...
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"Hydroclimate whiplash" is wreaking havoc across the U.S.
California has become a vivid example of a global phenomenon known as “hydroclimate whiplash,” which involves sudden and ...
From Torrential Rains to Raging Fires: California’s Accelerating Hydroclimate Whiplash
As California oscillates between drought and deluge, wildfires rage due to "hydroclimate whiplash" driven by global warming.
How 'hydroclimate whiplash,' climate change may be impacting LA fires
"These are not once-in-100-year events anymore." As the planet's temperatures continue to rise, climate experts say extreme ...
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LA Fires a Catastrophic Example of Study's 'Hydroclimate Whiplash' Warnings
A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're ...
Climate Change Is Causing More "Hydroclimate Whiplash"
Climate change is causing more rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather, leading to droughts, flooding ...
Strong winds and dry vegetation: How hydroclimate whiplash turned LA into a tinderbox
As Los Angeles continues to battle devastating wildfires, attention is turning to why they started, and how much climate ...
What California’s hydroclimate whiplash means for wildfires
Extreme Santa Ana winds whipped flames across Los Angeles County last week, with gusts catapulting embers across tinder-dry landscapes spreading devastating wildfires across the region. The Palisades ...
Fire and floods: the rise of climate whiplash
But even though wildfires and floods seem like meteorological opposites, they appear to be two sides of the same climate coin ...
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Hydroclimate whiplash: Climate change’s role in L.A. wildfires
Lead researcher of the study Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, explained sudden shifts between extremely dry and wet weather, known as hydroclimate whiplash, create the ideal conditions for ...