Daniel Swain will be a guest speaker for Distinctive Voices, a series of scientific public lectures presented by the National Academy of Sciences. He will discuss “Climate Change Through the Lens of ...

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 ...

The international research team found that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation could intensify rapidly during the coming decades ...

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 ...

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.

A study published Thursday has put the blame for the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles on an emerging climate phenomenon: hydroclimate whiplash. This latest disaster comes on the heels of years ...

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, ...

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 ...