Climate and environment updates: Fires would have been extreme without climate change
In a new quick-turn analysis, UCLA climate scientists found that climate change could be responsible for roughly a quarter of the extreme vegetation dryness present when the Palisades and Eaton fires began. But they say the fires would still have been extreme even without that moisture deficit.
The fires, likely to be the costliest in world history, were made about 35% more likely due to the 1.3°C of global warming ...
Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions ...
And strong Santa Ana winds. In the mix of conditions that have contributed to the most destructive fires in L.A. history, ...
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Climate change primed LA to burn — catastrophicallyA new study finds that the region's extremely dry and hot conditions were about 35 percent more likely because of climate ...
Firefighters are working around the clock to contain the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire. Thousands of people were forced to ...
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