Whiplash: How Big Swings in Precipitation Fueled the L.A. Fires
Yale E360
JANUARY 16, 2025
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain says that two very wet years followed by a very dry one helped to turn the Los Angeles wildfires into raging infernos. This phenomenon of hydroclimate whiplash, he says, is expected to occur in more and more places as the world warms.
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