The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a ...

Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in ...

Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California’s leaders have taken ...

What's happening in Los Angeles is another reminder of what life will be like, even in Wisconsin, under a changing climate.

Wildfires fueled by strong Santa Ana winds have devastated Southern California, destroying thousands of homes and causing 27 ...

Insurance companies canceled coverage on houses in neighborhoods that later burned. Government officials blame climate change ...

In recent days, however, the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds—which have been fanning the flames—have begun to slow down.

And strong Santa Ana winds ... “The clearest way climate change is affecting fire in the western United States and California is through the direct influence that warmer atmospheric temperatures ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

Southern California's winds typically flow ... said it's difficult to make a connection between climate change and the Santa Ana winds. But he did note that research shows drought conditions ...

Wildfires are part of life in California. Climate change has not caused them ... dry vegetation; strong Santa Ana winds gusting over 85 mph in the last few days; and record heat with 2024 average ...