Southern California faces an increased wildfire threat that is expected to last through most of 2025. While fire activity ...

This record-breaking heat is primarily driven by humanity’s burning of fossil fuels. The warming won’t stop until we reach net-zero emissions.

January extended a run of extraordinary heat, in which 18 of the last 19 months saw an average global temperature of more ...

The Los Angeles (LA) wildfires began with with the Palisades fire, which erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades as a mere brush fire. Evacuation orders were issued for that fire and by ...

Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation ...

Experts say that heavy rains from El Niño last year fueled vegetation growth in Los Angeles area, which had since dried out and become highly flammable. Once ignited, strong winds then fanned the ...

The last El Niño, the periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters, finished in June 2024. NOAA forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an ...

The Los Angeles wildfires have burned almost 40,000 acres of land, leaving behind destruction and a lasting impact on people ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica displayed a surprising ability to withstand extreme drought conditions.

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica who experienced more intense physiological responses to mild droughts were more ...