While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.
– Two national reviews – one by a blue-ribbon commission and the other by the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council – investigated the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and ...
Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the ...
Photos from Los Angeles County show the shocking extent of damage caused by the Palisades Fire and other wildfires.
Dry vegetation helped fuel the fires that spread through the Los Angeles area, burning tens of thousands of acres.
Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry ...
A climate scientist discusses how to think about and weigh the variables that led to the current disaster.
Normal fire season is in late summer and fall because of the heat of the summer and dry vegetation. This is also when the ...
UCLA and Pepperdine, both located just outside the perimeter of the Palisades fire, have moved classes online this week.
In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in ...
The UCLA climate scientist warned of the devastating blazes several days before they ignited. He discusses the conditions ...