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Intensifying climate whiplash set the stage for devastating California fires
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2 days, 12 hours ago

Intensifying climate whiplash set the stage for devastating California fires

LA Times  

The devastating wildfires that have ravaged Southern California erupted following a stark shift from wet weather to extremely dry weather — a phenomenon scientists describe as hydroclimate whiplash. “The evidence shows that hydroclimate whiplash has already increased due to global warming, and further warming will bring about even larger increases.” The extreme weather shift over the last two years in …

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It’s not really the right time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?
2 days, 13 hours ago

It’s not really the right time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?

Associated Press  

Southern California is experiencing it’s most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. A man walks past a fire-ravaged business after the Eaton Fire swept through Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. A man walks past a fire-ravaged business after the Eaton Fire swept through Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Share Share Copy Link copied Email …

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Palisades fire: Worst is ‘yet to come’ as winds gain speed, ground aircraft
4 days, 12 hours ago

Palisades fire: Worst is ‘yet to come’ as winds gain speed, ground aircraft

LA Times  

Fearsome winds forced crews to ground firefighting aircraft in the battle against the Palisades fire on Tuesday night, making it even more challenging for firefighters to get a handle on the fast-growing blaze. The fire remained 0% contained at 11 p.m. Tuesday as “extreme fire behavior” continued to challenge firefighters, according to the L.A. County Fire Department. “We are anticipating …

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Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?

Associated Press  

Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada, experts say. Ten of California’s 20 largest fires occurred in the last five years, said Benjamin Hatchett, a fire meteorologist with the Cooperative …

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Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat wave
6 months ago

Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat wave

Associated Press  

Around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an “extremely dangerous and record-breaking” heat wave broils much of the country, according to the National Weather Service. When people are celebrating, “it’s very easy to get sidetracked,” staying out for longer and forgetting to stay hydrated, said Chris Stachelski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “I think …

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Four first time MLAs vow to bring change in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur
7 months ago

Four first time MLAs vow to bring change in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur

New Indian Express  

JAGATSINGHPUR: Four Assembly seats in Jagatsinghpur district have first timers all of whom are looking forward to bring positive changes to their respective constituencies. BJP’s Amrendra Das who won the Jagatsinghpur Assembly seat, defeating BJD’s Prasant Muduli told The New Indian Express he may have been elected to the Assembly for the first but his experience as the chairman of …

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Climate change will bring megafloods to California
11 months ago

Climate change will bring megafloods to California

BBC  

Climate change will bring megafloods to California Getty Images 94% of California's population are under flood alerts Climate change is making it a matter of time before a megaflood hits the state. These severe floods in California are a "broadly underappreciated risk", according to a 2022 paper, co-authored by Daniel Swain and Xingying Huang, scientists at the National Centre for …

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The terrifying forces that created a California monster storm
11 months ago

The terrifying forces that created a California monster storm

LA Times  

It appeared like a swirling specter off the coast of California. “A strong El Niño event tilts the odds toward wetter-than-average conditions in Central and Southern California in particular,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA. “We can’t say that El Niño caused the storm, but a strong El Niño event like this one definitely makes it easier for …

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El Niño and climate change are supercharging incoming storm, SoCal’s biggest this winter
11 months, 1 week ago

El Niño and climate change are supercharging incoming storm, SoCal’s biggest this winter

LA Times  

Storm clouds hang over Walton Lighthouse on Thursday in Santa Cruz. “As ocean temperatures warm, and as atmospheric temperatures warm, those rates of evaporation of water vapor into the lower atmosphere are going to increase quite quickly,” Swain said during a briefing Friday. “We’ve now seen this happen at least four times this year in California — in San Francisco, …

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Column: Want people to understand climate change? Pay the experts
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: Want people to understand climate change? Pay the experts

LA Times  

UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain is tired of working for free. “And that doesn’t exist anywhere.” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, left, with Armando Quintero, director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, at a conference hosted by Together Bay Area in 2023. An incredible new analysis concludes that 20 farming families in California’s Imperial Valley use 1.2 million …

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How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s soggy mess
1 year, 4 months ago

How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s soggy mess

Associated Press  

A natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada, scientists figure. First, unlike the hurricane-prone Atlantic coast where the warm Gulf stream is ideal for storms, the coast along California and Baja California is cold and it brings cold water …

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Global firestorm: A summer of infernos in Canada, Greece, Hawaii and beyond point to the future
1 year, 4 months ago

Global firestorm: A summer of infernos in Canada, Greece, Hawaii and beyond point to the future

LA Times  

Ash-covered cars still line the highway in Lahaina, Hawaii, where hundreds of people tried in vain to escape from a fast-moving and fatal wildfire, like a scene out of a nightmare. “Climate change doesn’t really explain the catastrophic nature of the fire, and for that I think we have to look deeper at a variety of social, economic and political …

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A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest
1 year, 5 months ago

A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest

LA Times  

Mariah Barnett, 9, and her father, Troy, recline in a pool while trying to beat the 109-degree heat at the McMurtrey Aquatic Center in Bakersfield. “We would not see the kinds of temperatures globally that we’re seeing without climate change — it’s virtually impossible to explain these changes in the absence of climate change,” said Katharine Jacobs, director of the …

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From dry to deluge, how heavy snow, rain flooded Yellowstone
2 years, 6 months ago

From dry to deluge, how heavy snow, rain flooded Yellowstone

Associated Press  

RED LODGE, Montana — Just three months ago, the Yellowstone region like most of the West was dragging through an extended drought with little snow in the mountains and wildfire scars in Red Lodge from a year ago when the area was hit by 105-degree Fahrenheit heat and fire. It was a textbook case of “weather weirding,” said Red Lodge …

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Did Climate Change Make That Freak Weather Even Worse?
3 years ago

Did Climate Change Make That Freak Weather Even Worse?

Wired  

In June 2003, while he was still a graduate student, Noah Diffenbaugh attended a scientific conference with his adviser in Trieste, Italy. Diffenbaugh, now a climate scientist at Stanford University, had caught the leading edge of the 2003 heat wave—the hottest European summer since the 16th century. Averaging temperature measurements over the entire world helps scientists ignore the random vicissitudes …

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Powerful winds, high wildfire danger are forecast for Northern California
4 years, 2 months ago

Powerful winds, high wildfire danger are forecast for Northern California

LA Times  

Extraordinary wildfire conditions are forecast for Northern California on Sunday, with the National Weather Service predicting powerful and dry Diablo winds — the kind that quickly spread the devastating wine country fires of 2017 and 2019. The National Weather Service said the first burst of winds will likely spread over the North Bay Sunday afternoon, with winds coming down from …

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UCLA women’s basketball alum Kacy Swain combating systemic racism in music industry
4 years, 5 months ago

UCLA women’s basketball alum Kacy Swain combating systemic racism in music industry

LA Times  

Kacy Swain is tired. Four years after graduating from UCLA, Swain is working to fight systemic racism in her corner of the music industry at Blue Elan Records, an independent record label based in Westwood. “We want to provide access to those who have been failed by a system that doesn’t benefit them a chance to learn, ask questions and …

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Cyclone Fani's unseen cost: Communities that suffered its ravages have taken a mental health hit
5 years, 6 months ago

Cyclone Fani's unseen cost: Communities that suffered its ravages have taken a mental health hit

Firstpost  

Cyclone Fani survivors battle severe mental health problems. In 2005, the World Health Organisation emphasised how the December 2004 tsunami, that affected at least five million people in India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, Seychelles and Sri Lanka, wreaked mental health havoc on communities. Recent research by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uncovered empirical evidence that environmental stressors exacerbated …

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