Days before hurricane-force Santa Ana wind gusts fueled fires that devastated ... But they’ve had a harder time pinpointing the role of climate change in events like this. For the last several ...
Climate change set the stage for LA wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the overlap in drought ...
Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in ...
A rapid analysis of the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires concluded that while climate change didn ... That included more extreme than usual Santa Ana winds, a delayed start to the rainy ...
Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought conditions ...
The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a factor in the fires' intensity.
The research couldn’t specifically quantify how much, if any, climate change affected the Santa Ana winds. Craig Clements, a climate scientist and director of wildfire study at San Jose State ...
What are Santa Ana winds and how are they fuelling LA wildfires? A simple guide to climate change Four ways climate change worsens extreme weather ...
Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, windy weather more likely, setting the stage for the Los Angeles wildfires.
Hurricane-force winds helped the deadly wildfires spread across the region, alongside impacts from climate change (AP) Still, it remains hard to say whether the Santa Ana winds are becoming more ...
Elevated fire threat is accompanying the return of Santa Ana winds that ... will mark the winds’ return. “We can’t let our guard down because things are going to change here this week ...
Still, for other extreme conditions that led to Los Angeles' fires, like the strong Santa Ana winds and lack of rain, discerning the role of climate change is scientifically trickier. While there may ...