Researchers Are Finding Ash From Los Angeles Fires
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles County not only caused devastation to human lives and property on land. They also likely impacted the marine ecosystem. Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and NOAA are collecting water samples from the Pacific Ocean,
Polling shows many Americans blame climate change for the disaster.
The stream of smoke is also visible from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). The GeoColor imagery below is a six-hour time lapse from Saturday that "looks approximately as it would when viewed with human eyes from space," according to the NOAA.
On Wednesday at 3:18 p.m. an updated air quality alert was issued valid until Thursday at 6 p.m. The alert is for Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast, Central Ventura County Valleys and Southeastern Ventura County Valleys.
For some local perspective, here’s how the fires in Los Angeles compare to the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, the Marshall Fire.
Despite the middle of January being prime time for Los Angeles’ rainy season, there’s very little hope for meaningful rain over the next week and a half. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center ...
Smoke from the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area can even be seen from ... with human eyes from space," according to the NOAA. GeoColor imagery showing a six-hour time-lapse ...
The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration announced this week La Niña has arrived. This usually means the northern parts of California and the U.S. see more rainfall while Southern California sees less rain.
Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as a new fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles.
A week after some of California's most destructive wildfires erupted, the Southern California region is preparing for the next "Particularly Dangerous Situation."
Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters