Record rainfall failed to replenish Los Angeles groundwater supply in 2023: Study
The Los Angeles area’s groundwater remained depleted even after a series of historic atmospheric rivers struck the region in ...
Los Angeles groundwater remained depleted after 2023 deluge, study finds
The greater Los Angeles area has long been the subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive ...
Heavy rain and risk of ‘life-threatening’ debris flows prompt evacuation warnings in LA fire areas as snow hits the Midwest
Two significant storms are hitting two different parts of the country at the same time as a frenzied weather pattern shows no ...
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2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump’s order to open dams
There are two major problems with Trump’s order, water experts said: The water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being ...
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LA wildfires put climate, risk management in focus for banks
The recent Los Angeles wildfires are only the latest reminder that banks need to steel themselves against climate change both ...
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2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump’s order to open dams
There are two major problems, water experts said: The newly released water will not flow to Los Angeles ... reliant on groundwater and winter precipitation stored in state reservoirs to irrigate ...
'Hotter, drier, and more flammable': Scientists say climate change fueled LA fires
A rapid analysis of the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires concluded ... it was like someone flipped on four light ...
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Farmworkers feed the country, but who protects them from wildfire smoke?
Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to no ...
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Climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, intense: Study
The team used observations of past weather and computer simulations that compared what happened this month to a what-if world without the 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3 degrees Celsius) of human-caused ...
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What the Air Quality Index doesn’t tell us about the air
Naturally, people in the Los Angeles area are reaching for their phones to see what the Air Quality Index (AQI ... But human-caused climate change is causing these blazes to become more severe ...
Climate change made the L.A. wildfires 35 percent more likely
A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and Eaton fires.