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

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 ...

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 ...

The following is an excerpt from a recent article on the Weather West Blog Note: This special Weather West article focuses on ...

The fires that have engulfed Los Angeles cap the hottest decade in history. Each year in the last ten was record-warm, but ...

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 ...

The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

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

If you grew up in Southern California, you don’t need a weather person to know which way the Santa Ana winds blow. These dry ...

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 ...

The fires that have engulfed Los Angeles cap the hottest decade in history. Each year in the last ten was record-warm, but 2024 was the warmest ever recorded. Last year, Earth was 1.6°C hotter than ...