In recent decades, wildfires in the western U.S. have become larger, more intense and more destructive due to a combination of factors, such as rapid urbanization and human-amplified climate change that "has produced warmer and drier conditions with prolon...
At least 55 people have died in the wildfires that have ravaged Hawaii and around 1,000 are still missing. The historic town of Lahaina was almost completely destroyed by fire. Dr. Eric Kennedy, associate professor of disaster and emergency management at York University in Toronto, joined CBS ...
The unprecedented conditions that have led to the devastating wildfires in Australia stem from a typical weather pattern that has been intensified by climate change. And the fire danger is expected to get worse in the future, CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli said on "...
HOW DOES HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVE WILDFIRES, SEDIMENT DELIVERY FROM HILLSLOPES, AND MAIN CHANNEL RESPONSE?High elevation sites in the Sawtooth Mountains show good correspondence with fire records in the nearby SFP, with peak delivery of fire-related sediment to channels during the LIA, MCA and...
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California has seen other major insurers pull back on property coverage in the nation’s most populous state as climate change makes wildfires, floods and windstorms more common and damaging. Of the top 20 most destructive wildfires in state history, at least 15 occurred since 2015. The data...
how much stress can come with a wildfire. The associatedirectorof the UC Climate Change and Mental Health Council and associate professor of psychiatry works at the University of California, San Diego. Her city isn’t currently experiencingwildfires, but her LA-based family has fled to her home...
Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say.