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LA Fires a Catastrophic Example of Study's 'Hydroclimate Whiplash' Warnings
A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're ...
Strong winds and dry vegetation: How hydroclimate whiplash turned LA into a tinderbox
As Los Angeles continues to battle devastating wildfires, attention is turning to why they started, and how much climate ...
Climate ‘whiplash’ events increasing exponentially around world
Global heating means atmosphere can drive both extreme droughts and floods with rapid switches ...
From Torrential Rains to Raging Fires: California’s Accelerating Hydroclimate Whiplash
As California oscillates between drought and deluge, wildfires rage due to "hydroclimate whiplash" driven by global warming.
Why a Rain 'Whiplash' Is to Blame for Los Angeles Fires
A study published Thursday has put the blame for the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles on an emerging climate ...
Fire and floods: the rise of climate whiplash
But even though wildfires and floods seem like meteorological opposites, they appear to be two sides of the same climate coin ...
Saturday Citations: Hydroclimate whiplash in a catastrophic era, cellular coordination, a really old ice core
This week, researchers at the Desert Research Institute reported that lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ...
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Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every ...
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"Hydroclimate whiplash" is wreaking havoc across the U.S.
California has become a vivid example of a global phenomenon known as “hydroclimate whiplash,” which involves sudden and ...
Research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water
Los Angeles is burning, and accelerating hydroclimate whiplash is the key climate connection. After years of severe drought, ...