dry climate, and forceful winds that drove this month’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires about 35% more likely, according to a report published today by World Weather Attribution (WWA).

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Throughout the years, we’ve seen many ways in which climate change has affected our homes for the worst. Even in the previous year, my current home underwent damage caused by unfortunate natural ...

In early January, the stage was set for a wildfire disaster in Los Angeles. A long, hot summer had dried out the plants and vegetation, making it more flammable. Drought conditions dragged on, as ...

Climate change helped to set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles fires this month, a new study by 32 researchers shows. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires broke out in early January and soon ...

However, Los Angeles County received its lowest May-December precipitation on record in 2024 (0.31 inches, 4.6 inches below average), accompanied by its fifth-hottest May-December temperatures on ...

A weather station in Long Beach (south of Los Angeles) hit 109 degrees on Sept. 6 — a new daily record that was 25 degrees hotter than normal for that day of the year. By that time, the ...

Still, for other extreme conditions that led to Los Angeles' fires, like the strong Santa Ana winds and lack of rain, discerning the role of climate change is scientifically trickier. While there ...

In particular, the hotter temperatures and a drier atmosphere can be linked to heat-trapping gases that largely come from burning fossil fuels, according to two different analyses from the University ...