Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out ...

In early January 2025, just a week after New Year, furious 80 mph Santa Ana winds swept through SoCal. The winds are natural, occurring when cool, pressurized desert air heats and picks up speed as it ...

No water supply from the Pacific Northwest connects into California's systems, contrary to claims from US President Donald Trump. Federal and state agencies outside of the White House and independent ...

Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts changing what’s ...

A new attribution analysis found that climate heating caused by burning fossil fuels significantly increased the likelihood ...

Climate change made ferocious LA wildfires more likely: study Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Read about the programs and buckets of money still up in the air in last night’s California Climate. "For several years, I have had the honor and success to work with Ben Wikler from his ...

This was perhaps the first major Australian drought that interacted significantly with the slower influence of climate change. Temperatures were much hotter than previous droughts. For example, 2005, ...