Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands...
By Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025...
By Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other California communities...
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for...
New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water By Alison...
By Kate Yoder, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s supposed to be the rainy season in Southern California, but the last time Los Angeles measured more than a tenth-inch of...
President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires...
From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: A recent grant of nearly $4 million from the Wildlife Conservation Board to the Upper...
From UC Merced: As wildfires grow in intensity and frequency, it’s vital that agencies and local stakeholders work together to rehabilitate and restore resilience to wildlands in California. This finding is underscored in a paper in the journal Restoration Ecology published...
By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...
Loss of forest canopy and deposition of ash alter forest hydrology By Mitch Tobin, Water Desk As the American West...
By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on 10/30/2024. Over the past decade, about 67 million gallons of fire retardant have been dropped on wildfires across California, according to the U.S. Forest Service. If you’ve ever...
Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream. By...
Emerging research is unraveling the complex ways wildfires affect lakes, streams and the ocean. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News...
Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel powering the Park Fire in Northern California, the Line Fire outside Los Angeles and other conflagrations. By Caroline Marshall Reinhart, Inside...