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 ...
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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 ...
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.
L.A. fires show the human cost of climate-driven 'whiplash' between wet and dry extremes
October to April is normally considered to be the wet season in California, yet this January, the region is experiencing some ...
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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 ...
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Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every ...
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 ...
Why a Rain 'Whiplash' Is to Blame for Los Angeles Fires
A study published Thursday has put the blame for the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles on an emerging climate ...
‘Hydroclimate whiplash’: The new phenomenon unleashing deadly fires on our cities
Scientists from LA confirmed this see-sawing weather pattern is what set their city ablaze. And the same phenomenon threatens ...