Although pieces of the analysis include degrees of uncertainty, researchers said trends show climate change increased the likelihood of the fires.

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires.

Climate change caused by human activity increases the risk of devastating fires, like the ones in Los Angeles, California,according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network. The fires left at least 29 dead and thousands homeless.

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday.

A new attribution analysis found that climate heating caused by burning fossil fuels significantly increased the likelihood of extreme fire conditions.

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to add to that list: Climate change is helping rat populations thrive in U.S.

Climate change made the deadly Los Angeles wildfires more likely. And, the worst is yet to come - The hot, dry and windy weather that stoked this month’s destructive blazes will worsen without a transition away from atmosphere-warming fossil fuels,

Global warming intensified conditions that fueled one of city’s worst disasters, scientists say - Anadolu Ajansı

Southern California Edison ratepayers will cover $1.6 billion in settlement costs to pay victims of the 2017 Thomas Fire, more than half of the $2.4 billion being paid out for the massive wildfire and deadly mudslides that followed weeks later.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are sure to lecture us again this session about the need to step up our efforts to combat climate change.

In short, there are now enough nukes on Earth to destroy any number of planets and, though one hasn’t been used in so many decades, don’t count on us when it comes to not, sooner or later, using some of them to engage in potentially world-ending behavior.