Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has ...
Los Angeles is burning, but it isn't alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern ...
In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” ...
The total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change in 2024 is likely in the tens or ...
The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...
As the Eaton and Palisades fires continue to burn past the more than 38,000 acres they've already consumed, the time is right ...
Persistent exposure to heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and more will take a toll on people’s bodies. We must learn how this ...
Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles, but the growth of housing in fire-prone areas also played a major role. Earth’s warming could ...
Extreme heat dries out vegetation and the soil. Wildfires ignite more easily, spread faster and burn with greater intensity ...
After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the ...
Despite the finger-pointing about who is to blame for the spread of the LA fires, veteran climate writer Jeff Goodell ...