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 ...

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

Since Jan. 7, devastating fires in and around Los Angeles have burned more than 40,000 acres of land, an area slightly larger than Washington, D.C. They have razed or damaged more than 12,300 homes ...

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 ...

Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have a singular cause. While we don’t yet know the official causes ...

Today’s climate driven disasters are the result of more than a century of extracting and burning fossil fuels,' says Altadena-based climate lawyer Maya Golden-Krasner, deputy director of the Center fo ...

By Newsbase Los Angeles’ deadly wildfires have been sparked by a phenomenon known as “hydroclimate whiplash”, the LA Times reported on January 9. According to scientists, hydroclimate whiplash occurs ...

These extreme 'whiplash' cycles can worsen wildfires, as we saw in the LA fires, which ended with a high human cost ...

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

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the ...