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'We don't want to end up like California': Washington races to prevent LA-scale wildfire
01 Feb 2025 03:39 GMT
… California recovers from its costliest wildfire disaster, western Washington is … of regional wildfires.
"With climate change and global warming, the last … Conservation District’s Wildfire Mitigation Program also conducts wildfire risk assessments …
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Climate change made LA wildfires 'more likely' according to ...
31 Jan 2025 18:16 GMT
… for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching … more likely due to global warming caused by burning fossil … risk of the devastating LA wildfires," said Clair Barnes … the direct causes of the wildfires, which erupted around Los …
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Why do wildfires increase flood risk?
31 Jan 2025 10:56 GMT
… by rapid cleanup after wildfires, particularly if intense … is expected soon after wildfires.
Somewhat counter-intuitively, … air. This means that global warming is likely to lead … fuel for wildfires during dry years. Conversely, wildfires denude hillsides …
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Scientists blame climate change for the Los Angeles wildfires: Hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were 35% more likely due to global warming
29 Jan 2025 09:18 GMT
… ;highly prone to catastrophic wildfires';, the extreme fire weather … in a world without global warming, and they are about … disproportionately affected by the wildfires.
It said the fires … California is to winter wildfires, underscoring the need for …
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Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
29 Jan 2025 01:17 GMT
… that analyzed the link between global warming and the fires. Last … made the catastrophic LA wildfires more likely, said report … author Theo Keeping, a wildfire researcher at the Leverhulme … Centre for Wildfires at Imperial College London.
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Insurers Are Abandoning Homeowners Over Wildfire Risk But Investing in Big Oil
30 Jan 2025 20:18 GMT
… global warming.” A recent scientific study found that the frequency of “extreme [wildfire … .
Rising extreme weather events like wildfires, flooding and hurricanes are causing … of the twenty most destructive wildfires in California history have occurred …
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Climate Change Increased Likelihood Of L.A. Wildfires, Report Finds
30 Jan 2025 17:42 GMT
… to recent Southern California wildfires 35% more likely. The … were exacerbated by human-caused global warming.
The study analyzed weather … increasing the risk of wildfires during the Santa Ana … to the spread of wildfires.
Researchers are continuing to …
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Climate Change Amplified Likelihood Of L.A. Wildfires
30 Jan 2025 14:20 GMT
… exacerbated by global warming, have contributed to the current severity of wildfires in … rising frequency and intensity of wildfires across California reflect a broader … already taking steps to mitigate wildfire risks, including adopting more aggressive …
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A conversation with Dr Pierre Purseigle: how the LA wildfires show us that ‘there’s no such thing as a natural disaster’
30 Jan 2025 12:12 GMT
… of fires or earthquakes.”
Wildfires are not new phenomena – … disasters’ like the LA wildfires will only grow in frequency … deconstruct the problems of global warming and urban development for … the global, more figurative, ‘wildfire’. Trump’s scathing critique …
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Steve Earle: Wildfires are result of human mismanagement of resources more than anything else
30 Jan 2025 01:12 GMT
… suggesting "global warming" being responsible for the wildfires out in … might happen in life on global warming? For instance consider Southern … to offer that these wildfires are more the result … find the very idea of global warming leaves me cold (pun …