Google Maps Shows True Devastation of California Wildfires as Total Cost of the Damage Is Revealed
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UW-Madison scientists weigh in on LA fires, explain university satellites that track them
Researchers from the Silvis Lab and Space Science and Engineering Center provide insight on the causes of recent fires in Los ...
California coastal community shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week: NASA
A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope -- and closer to the Pacific Ocean -- at a rapid rate, ...
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How AI Is Transforming Wildfire Detection and Prevention
As climate change intensifies, wildfires have become more frequent and devastating. Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, and high winds have fueled destructive blazes across California and beyond.
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Future L.A. Fires Could Be Prevented With Grid-Hardening Tech
But when devastating wildfires erupted around L.A. last month, the utility hadn’t installed the experimental system more broadly across its territory. It remains unknown what caused the Eaton, ...
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How the LA fires of 2025 became the perfect firestorm
The Los Angeles (LA) wildfires began with with the Palisades fire, which erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades as a mere brush fire. Evacuation orders were issued for that fire and by ...
Rain falls across Southern California, with wildfire burn areas prepped for debris flow
Precipitation was lighter than expected on Wednesday, with another storm on the way Thursday night into Friday.
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
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Stop looking for someone to blame for the Los Angeles wildfires
Meanwhile, Southern California water reservoirs have never had more water stored in their system. Fire hydrants ran dry, not because of a lack of planning but because the demand for water as the ...
The climate science behind the Southern California firestorm
NBC News’ Al Roker sits down with climate scientist Alexander Gershunov to explain the climate drivers that helped fuel the ...