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It may feel like the world is on fire this summer. But that’s not the case everywhere

More than three-quarters of the global emissions from the burning of plant material comes from Africa and Asia

The Independent UK

Record US drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices

The contiguous United States is experiencing record drought levels for this time of year, according to weather data

The Independent UK

Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains and scientists say that's a problem

A new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year and long-term water shortages

The Independent UK

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Will recent storms save California from a brutal fire season?

It's something of a Golden State paradox: Dry winters can pave the way for dangerous fire seasons fueled by dead vegetation, but wet winters — like the one the state has seen so far — can also spell danger by spurring heaps of new growth that can later act as…

Los Angeles Times

'We got really lucky': Why California escaped another destructive fire season in 2022

Despite months of warnings fueled by extreme heat and drought-desiccated conditions, California's deadly fire season ended with remarkably little area burned, with just 362,403 acres scorched in 2022, compared with more than 2.5 million acres the year before.

Los Angeles Times

When fire is too fast to escape: Wildfire death toll rises statewide

HEMET, Calif. — The sound of exploding propane tanks filled Avery Canyon on Monday afternoon as flames from the Fairview fire gnawed at a grassy ridge near Jeremy Fields’ ranch home.

Los Angeles Times

Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric

LOS ANGELES — Unprecedented dryness across the Western United States is meeting with increasingly warm temperatures to create climate conditions so extreme that the landscape of California could permanently and profoundly change, a growing number of scientists say.

Los Angeles Times

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There's a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame

The company that makes Sriracha told customers it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to "severe weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers."

WEKU

The wildfires burning in the Southwest are bad but 'not unprecedented'

Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is drier than it's been in some 1,200 years, which is one of, but not the only, drivers of the large infernos burning in New Mexico.

WEKU

With water running out, California sees no relief from drought thanks to La Niña

LOS ANGELES — Heat waves. Severe drought. Extreme wildfires.

Los Angeles Times

Research reveals a curious link between wildfires and water in the American West

In a new study, scientists found increased streamflow following wildfires in the western US has surprising effects on water supply.

Inverse

As drought lingers, larger and more destructive wildfires pose new threats to water supply

LOS ANGELES — Already diminished by drought and extreme heat, California’s water supply will face yet another peril as wildfires continue to incinerate ever larger areas of forested land, according to new research.

Los Angeles Times

US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years, new study says

Human-caused climate change significant driver of destructive conditions as even drier decades lie ahead, researchers say

The Guardian - US

Western megadrought is worst in 1,200 years, intensified by climate change, study finds

LOS ANGELES — The extreme dryness that has ravaged the American West for more than two decades now ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, and scientists have found that this megadrought is being intensified by humanity’s heating of the planet.

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The Independent UK

West megadrought hits worst-case scenario, driest since 800

The megadrought bedeviling the American West got even drier last year and is becoming the deepest dry spell in more than 1200 years

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