For more than 20 years, the agreement between the U.S. and Australia has operated on a simple principle: Located in opposite hemispheres, the two countries’ fire seasons have historically been asynchronous, allowing the side with less fire activity to send firefighting personnel or equipment to the other.
Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.
They either have a death wish, they’re stupid, or there’s something else going on that we don’t understand. But we want the water that they’re
Here’s How Climate Change Fueled the Los Angeles Wildfires
The Los Angeles wildfires are already among the worst ever
Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los Angeles
More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ground and air assault was giving them the upper hand.
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Insurance experts and watchdogs said the industry was among the first to take notice of climate change — and the rate increase could just be the start.
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 climate change to the western U.S.’ worsening wildfires.
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
A 2023 study found from 1971 to 2021, human-caused climate change contributed to a +172% increase in burned areas in California, with a +320% increase from 1996 to 2021. In the coming decades, a further increase in annual forest burned areas is expected, ranging from 3% to 52%.
The fires in and around Los Angeles are coming under control. The city’s mayor has already issued an executive order to speed up rebuilding. But equally catastrophic blazes are likely to strike again on a hotter planet, raising the question of whether some parts of the region should still be considered livable.
The U.S. Senate energy committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's picks to lead the U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior, officials who, if approved by the full Senate, will seek to maximize fossil fuel output and dismantle parts of former President Joe Biden's climate policy.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is attempting to criticize President Donald Trump's environmental executive orders by pointing to the recent deadly fires in Los Angeles.
US Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports, crippling roadways and killing at least 11 people; almost at the same time, new wildfire broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday (US time) quickly engulfing over 9,
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