How drought has hurt Southern California, and what it means for the future
The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles County are in “extreme drought” conditions, about 36% of the county, explained ...
Inside Climate News2d
A Novelist Imagined a Climate-Driven Wildfire Burning LA, Then Watched It Happen
The Deluge’ is a realist novel,” says author Stephen Markley of his 2023 epic. “It was about what we are going to live ...
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Trump’s water war with California could benefit his LA golf course
State water restrictions, fueled by historic drought and climate change, have taken a toll on Southern California golf ...
Politifact5d
Los Angeles wildfires were worsened by climate change, despite claim to the contrary
Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...
Capital Public Radio5d
Conspiracies are rife about water and the LA fires. Here's what experts say
Prominent right wing influencers are falsely blaming the fires' destructiveness on the city not having enough water to fight ...
‘Drill baby drill’: Trump takes aim at clean energy, climate change and the environment on day one
In his first day as the 47th U.S. president, Donald Trump took action to reverse many of the Biden administration's efforts ...
What We Know About What Led to the L.A. Wildfires
We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- ...
Look up! LA fires, heat and dry conditions stoked by climate change, per UCLA (Ron Perlman x Melber)
Actor Ron Perlman joins MSNBC's Ari Melber joins to discuss the devastating wildfires burning across California. (The Beat's YouTube playlist: Ari: / arimelber Beat merch: ...
Los Angeles Times10d
Hydroclimate whiplash: Climate change’s role in L.A. wildfires
Hydroclimate whiplash, or abrupt shifts between dry and wet weather, made Southern California vulnerable to the wildfires.
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Racial justice, climate justice, and reparations: Haiti as an exemplary case
Movements for climate justice and movements for reparations for colonial harms can reinforce each other. Haiti’s climate ...
University of California10d
Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
New research from UC scientists links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and ...
How climate change worsened the most destructive wildfires in L.A. history
The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a ...