It's all on us. The recent decadeslong surge in catastrophic wildfires in California is almost entirely due to climate change, a new study published Monday reports. “We show that nearly all of ...

In the past, severe storms such as Tropical Storm Kay and Tropical Storm Hilary have flooded Owens’ off-lake dust sources, ...

Wildfires, drought, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are rapidly accelerating and compounding in California, according to a report from state scientists. The fourth edition of ...

A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.

Climate change makes wildfires in California more explosive A new study pins about 25% of the extra risk on human-caused climate change. Climate August 30, 2023 11:42 AM ET ...

The extremes California has experienced in recent weeks all have one thing in common: They were made worse by climate change. Climate change is fueling California fires, heat and smog - Los ...

As destructive wildfires have ravaged California over the past decade, the insurance industry has dropped hundreds of ...

A drier pattern doesn't seem likely until Jan. 20 at least, Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a news conference Monday.

Climate change, in the words of one scientist, is smacking California in the face. The crisis in the nation’s most populous state is more than just an accumulation of individual catastrophes.

Worsening wildfires are hiking up home insurance rates in California, the biggest market in the U.S. And as climate disasters increase across the country, other states are feeling the pressure too.

Understanding the effects of climate change requires several decades of information, including those preceding the 1970s, when the world began to heat up, Dr. Bromirski said.

California’s fight against climate change isn’t doing all that much to slow climate change. But it should be considered a success anyway. While California reached its 2020 goal of reducing ...