Southern California is dominated by shrublands ... they burned hot but wouldn’t spread far because the open gaps between plants acted as natural firebreaks. The introduction of non-native ...

Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...

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

Dubuque County is putting the California wildfires into perspective, highlighting similarities in flammable vegetation in eastern Iowa. Conservation Outreach Coordinator Kaytlan Moeller said ...

"Climate change is increasing the overlap between extremely dry vegetation conditions later ... variability has always been a staple of California's natural climate, leaving it particularly ...

Firefighters watch the flames from the Palisades fire burning a home during a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025, in the ...

A vegetation fire in a remote part of Orange County was burning unreported and unnoticed last month until officials were pinged by artificial intelligence, according to authorities. Chip Yost ...