Jan. 10, 2025 “We’re in a whiplash event now, wet to dry, in Southern California,” said Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist who led the research. “The evidence shows that hydroclimate ...

A study published Thursday has put the blame for the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles on an emerging climate phenomenon: hydroclimate whiplash. This latest disaster comes on the heels of ...

So-called “weather whiplash” conditions have increased 31 to 66 percent across the globe since the mid-1900s, the researchers found. “This is really, I would argue, a signature of climate ...