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As the narrative of the Southern California wildfires has shifted to identifying the causes behind what could prove to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, a common refrain has ...
Anthropogenic climate change is partially responsible for driving increased wildfire severity in California. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] For instance, background warming has led to weather and vegetation conditions more favorable for wildfire activity even at night, which has typically been a period of reduced activity that allows crews to intensify efforts ...
Climate change in California has resulted in higher than average temperatures, leading to increased occurrences of droughts and wildfires. [3] Over the next few decades in California , climate change is predicted to further reduce water availability, increase wildfire risk, decrease agricultural productivity , and threaten coastal ecosystems. [ 4 ]
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
An increase in catastrophic wildfires has reduced California tree cover by 6.7% since 1985, and researchers fear the lost trees will never grow back. ... of climate change have caused fires to ...
The Summary. The hot, dry, windy conditions that led to the recent Southern California fires were about 35% more likely because of climate change, a new report says.
Additionally, as climate change made the wildfire season in California longer, it further overlapped with the season of Santa Ana winds (October-January). [10] Analysis from Climate Central and World Weather Attribution also found that climate change strongly increased the likelihood of the wildfires not by one, but by multiple ways. [11] [12]
The causes of the largest fires are still under investigation, according to Cal Fire. The environment was primed for ignition. The environment was primed for ignition.