Hydroclimate whiplash – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming ...

A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're currently watching destroy parts of Los Angeles and surrounding wilderness. A new ...

Last winter, atmospheric rivers drenched Southern California with record-breaking amounts of rain. Now, the same region is experiencing ravaging wildfires. By Thursday night, five major fires broke ...

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires burning in Southern California, according to experts. In recent years, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As the planet's temperatures continue to rise, climate experts say extreme weather is more likely to cause historic events like we're seeing with the Southern California fires.

The rapid and devastating spread of the Los Angeles fires was fueled in part by greater extremes of wet and dry weather, a pattern called “hydroclimate whiplash” or “hydroclimate volatility” that is ...

As Los Angeles reels from the damage of last week’s fires, some people have argued that the city didn’t do enough to prepare. But critics talking about water supplies are ignoring the real problem: ...

Hydroclimate whiplash is a term used to refer to rapid weather shifts between very wet and intensely dry, and this phenomenon is increasing around the world according to a new study reported in Nature ...

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists found that large swings between severe wet and dry weather, a phenomenon known as hydroclimate whiplash, have increased from 31% ...