Los Angeles is burning, and accelerating hydroclimate whiplash is the key climate connection. After years of severe drought, dozens of atmospheric rivers deluged California with record-breaking ...

Additionally, the release of a hydroclimate study coincided with the terrible fires in Los Angeles; researchers proposed that cellular coordination preceded the development of multicellular ...

Hydroclimate whiplash – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming ...

To measure hydroclimate volatility more tangibly, the researchers introduce a quantitative metric called hydroclimate whiplash using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI).

"Hydroclimate whiplash" and climate change may be key contributing factors to the severity of Southern California fires.

Hydroclimate whiplash, or abrupt shifts between dry and wet weather, made Southern California vulnerable to the wildfires.

Many areas are forecast to see increases in hydroclimate whiplash, which will probably increase the most in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific, north Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and northern ...

The rapid and devastating spread of the Los Angeles fires was fueled in part by greater extremes of wet and dry weather, a pattern called “hydroclimate whiplash” or “hydroclimate volatility” that is ...

“Hydroclimate whiplash” – or rapid swings between intensely dry and extremely wet periods of weather – is happening more often worldwide, according to a new study.

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires in Southern California, experts say.