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 ...
A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're ...
But even though wildfires and floods seem like meteorological opposites, they appear to be two sides of the same climate coin ...
October to April is normally considered to be the wet season in California, yet this January, the region is experiencing some ...
California has become a vivid example of a global phenomenon known as “hydroclimate whiplash,” which involves sudden and ...
The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every ...
This week, researchers at the Desert Research Institute reported that lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ...
As California oscillates between drought and deluge, wildfires rage due to "hydroclimate whiplash" driven by global warming.
Scientists from LA confirmed this see-sawing weather pattern is what set their city ablaze. And the same phenomenon threatens ...
Climate change is causing more rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather, leading to droughts, flooding ...
As Los Angeles continues to battle devastating wildfires, attention is turning to why they started, and how much climate ...