Worcester Polytechnic Institute is home to one of the nation’s leading research centers devoted to fires — how they start, ...

When the air is warm and dry, transpiration and evaporation also suck water out of the plants and soil. That leaves dry ...

The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...

Photos from Los Angeles County show the shocking extent of damage caused by the Palisades Fire and other wildfires.

The UCLA climate scientist warned of the devastating blazes several days before they ignited. He discusses the conditions ...

Parts of Santa Monica were ordered to be evacuated as fast-moving flames destroyed homes along the coast in Los Angeles.

Crews battling multiple wildfires that raged across Los Angeles on Wednesday were up against a near-perfect storm: intense ...

Five questions with UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, who warned of “extreme fire danger” in Southern California days ...

Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what ...

Southern California started out the 2024-25 water year pretty dry. The region got some rain from an atmospheric river in November, but not much. After that, most of the atmospheric rivers that hit the ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from aqueducts and groundwater into the system, but demand was so ...