Global warming exacerbated fire conditions in the Los Angeles area, an analysis by the research group World Weather Attribution finds.
Climate change did not cause the Los Angeles wildfires, nor the now infamous Santa Ana winds. But its fingerprints were all over the recent disaster, says a large new study from World Weather Attribution.
Climate change made devastating LA fires more likely, scientists say - Wildfires in Los Angeles started on January 7 and spread quickly, killing at least 28 people and destroying more than 10,000 home
A bill introduced in California’s state legislature would make fossil fuel companies legally liable for damages from climate change, similarly to current law holding utilities liable for fires started by their equipment.
A new study finds that the region's extremely dry and hot conditions were about 35 percent more likely because of climate change.
California's insurance crisis risks triggering broader financial instability, an expert in economics and the environment warned.
Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, windy weather more likely, setting the stage for the Los Angeles wildfires.
A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the devastating Southern California wildfires.
As the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.
Even for homeowners outside of California, worsening extreme weather means higher insurance rates. In part because of escalating weather-related risks, home insurance rates have already jumped dramatically.
The unusually dry winter weather for LA, caused by climate change, meant fires had lots of fuel to burn through