President Trump’s freeze on federal spending has halted a $20 million project for new trees, including in Altadena.
The smoke may be temporary, but toxic air pollution is an ever-present danger with effects that linger for generations.
Al Roker talks to climate scientist Alexander Gershunov about the conditions that made the L.A. wildfires so devastating.
As of 7 a.m. on January 26, the wildfires in Los Angeles were 90 percent contained after having burned thousands of acres.
The fires were created by a combination of factors that include unusual weather, human activity, and climate change. It ...
Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in ...
Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out ...
There was no coal baron who lighted the matches. No oil driller who dried out the terrain, priming Southern California to burn. No gas executive who decided to build residential neighborhoods in ...
New research shows climate change increased the likelihood of the devastating fires in Los Angeles County this month. Climate ...
Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...
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 ...