Wildfire, Climate Change

How Climate Change Has Fueled L.A.'s Devastating Wildfires: ‘We Have Unleashed Forces Beyond Our Control'
Climate change didn't start the wildfires that are ravaging Los Angeles County this week. But the big swings in weather patterns that have accelerated over the past two decades serve as rocket fuel that intensifies the flames and spreads the devastation.
Climate change parches Western US, providing fuel for fires
Climate change is making the Western United States drier, which can fuel wildfires like those affecting Los Angeles. With higher temperatures come parched landscapes full
How Did Palisades Fire Start? Is Climate Change To Blame for LA Wildfires?
Firefighters are battling multiple fast-growing wildfires in Los Angeles that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
The clear links between the California wildfires and climate change
Many factors come together to cause massive, devastating fires. Two of those factors have especially clear links to climate change.
Climate Change and the California Fires
As fires still burn through southern California, there's questions over what kind of role climate change has had in making wildfires worse. Our Will DuPree met with Kaitlyn Trudeau from Climate Central,
Southern California wildfires fueled by climate change, expert says
The devastating wildfires tearing across Southern California are being exacerbated by climate change, according to Drew Peltier, an assistant professor of ecolo
Climate change contributed to a week of wild weather that upended life in the US
The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its ...
‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change
They’re still in shock. But for now, even in a blue city in a blue state, disaster does not bring climate change to residents ...
‘We’re in a New Era’: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters
Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, ...
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Climate Change in 2024 Hit a Warming Mark Scientists Hoped We Would Avoid
Two years ago, at the United Nations COP27 climate conference in Egypt, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that ...
It doesn’t matter what L.A.’s fire budget was—no city is prepared for climate change
Local governments are seeing greater impacts of climate change, and though most have emergency management departments, it’s ...
L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change
California has focused on fortifying communities against wildfires. But with growing threats, that may not be enough.
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Climate Change—and Complacency—Is Drying Up the Caspian Sea
The five countries that border the Caspian Sea are fighting over the body of water's future. If it keeps losing water at the ...
Climate change: How worsening heatwaves could hurt your heart
Now, Kiwi researchers are investigating how worsening heatwaves are putting vulnerable peoples’ hearts under pressure – with ...
Five climate change stories to keep an eye on this year
This year will be one of the hottest ever. It'll probably feature horrendous extreme weather, crop failures and a further ...