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The wildfires are the latest example of the need to address climate change
“If you look at the 20 biggest fires in the state, 15 of those have happened since 2000,” UCLA geography professor Glen MacDonald told Reuters. “There are now bigger fires,…
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Drier Autumns Are Fueling Deadly California Wildfires
In a Q&A, California climate scientist Daniel Swain breaks down the influences on the state’s devastating blazes and what the future could bring.
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Climate Scientist Who Fled CA Wildfire: We’re Going to Keep Paying Price If We Ignore Climate Change
About the fire, you know, in some ways, this is a typical late fall, early winter fire event, with very, very high Santa Ana wind speeds, ignition at a time…
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How do wildfires start? All it takes is a spark
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said that “if Northern California had received anywhere near the typical amount of autumn precipitation this year (4-5 inches of rain near the Camp Fire point…
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Take A Good Look America, This Is What The Reckoning Looks Like
“Some folks will say, well, a few degrees of temperature increase, fires are burning at 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, how can that possibly make a difference?” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel…
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UCLA and LADWP to fund water and energy research benefiting customers
“UCLA is excited to work with LADWP as a research partner to answer some of the city’s most critical water and energy sustainability questions,” said Mark Gold, the university’s associate…
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The weather and climate behind the California infernos that wrecked Paradise and torched Malibu
Climate change has “shortened the rainy season at both ends” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California Los Angeles, in an email.
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Climate Change Is Fueling California’s Wildfires | Glen MacDonald
Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Glen MacDonald, a professor and climate scientist at UCLA who’s studied climate change and the causes and impacts of wildfires. MacDonald and his…
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Climate change helped make California a tinder box for its record-setting wildfires
In all likelihood, it’s a scenario that climate change helped to create, according to Daniel Swain, a researcher at University of California-Los Angeles’ Center for Climate Science. In a detailed…
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There’s no more typical California wildfire season. It may be year-round, experts warn.
“It’s not so much things are worse because it has warmed a couple degrees because of climate change,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA and the National Center…
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Paradise Burns As Californian Wildfire Rapidly Grows Into An 18,000-Acre Beast
Climatologist Daniel Swain, using satellite imagery, has shown that it’s effortlessly burning through the town of Paradise, where thousands of buildings have been destroyed. He estimates that it’s burning around…
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‘Camp Fire’ in California still growing, kills 5 people
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the National Center for Atmospheric Research estimated the fire is growing at 80 acres per…
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A local hero for every coastline
What if the solution to our greatest ocean challenge was trapped in the mind of a person from the developing world? Why wouldn’t it be? After all 70% of our…
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More Frequent And More Frightening Storms On The Horizon
Hawaii “is close enough to that margin that the warm years tip you over the edge,” says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “An extra…
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Pritzker Finalist Asha de Vos highlighted in TED Fellows Salon ‘Women In Innovation’
Asha de Vos spoke at the “Women in Innovation” TED Salon in Bengaluru, India. At the end of the evening, the crowd of over 200, which included entrepreneurs, Marriott Rewards…
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Evidence floods in for support of stormwater collection and usage under Measure W
Angelenos will vote Tuesday on Measure W, a parcel tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable space on private property. If approved, the measure would generate an estimated…
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CAT scans of sabertooth cats’ skulls unearth evolution of predatory behavior
Understanding the evolutionary advantages of certain bone structures allows scientists to see why some species are still around and why some are extinct, said Blaire Van Valkenburgh, professor of ecology…
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Pangolin Trafficking Project researchers voice concerns about pangolin awareness
Researchers in the UCLA Congo Basin Institute and Center for Tropical Research are using genomic tools to track down the global trafficking routes of pangolins and their scales.
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California’s Dry October Could Be A Sign Of More Concentrated Rainy Seasons
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said it’s not unusual for rain to be scarce in October, but that dry conditions – like the ones forecast over the next few weeks…
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California Has a Posse in Tug-of-War With Trump Over Electric Cars- Mary Nichols & Ann Carlson
“I think our two states, California and Minnesota, will be able to do a lot together,” said Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board. “Contrary to what you might…
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Can vultures help us avoid food poisoning?
Scientists have a number of hypotheses about how these scavengers avoid sickness with this diet. Researchers led by Daniel T. Blumstein, PhD, professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of…
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With Congress and Trump on sidelines, climate change battle moves to courts
“They are trying to find that right and to ground it in the Constitution, and the Supreme Court has never held that there is any kind of right to environmental…
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Climate Change Could Be Contributing to Male Infertility, Scientists Warn
In a recent study, published in the journal Demography, Barreca and his team analyzed birth records in the U.S. from 1931 to 2010 along with weather data. They found that…
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Supreme Court Orders Pause in Landmark Climate Change Case Led By Youth
The fact that the Supreme Court has stepped in to stop the lawsuit, even if temporarily, is “certainly a signal that the court is uncomfortable with the underlying legal theory…
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Pritzker nominee, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez nominated for the MTV EMA Generation Change Award
For the first time ever, the MTV EMA is recognizing the inspiring, young changemakers of the world with the MTV EMA Generation Change award. The five changemakers nominated for the…
