Whiplash: How Big Swings in Precipitation Fueled the L.A. Fires
https://e360.yale.edu/features/daniel-swain-interview
Climate scientist Daniel Swain says that two very wet years followed by a very dry one helped to turn the Los Angeles wildfires into raging infernos. This phenomenon of “hydroclimate whiplash,” he says, is expected to occur in more and more places as the world warms.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/daniel-swain-interview
Climate scientist Daniel Swain says that two very wet years followed by a very dry one helped to turn the Los Angeles wildfires into raging infernos. This phenomenon of “hydroclimate whiplash,” he says, is expected to occur in more and more places as the world warms.
The World Is Getting Riskier. Americans Don’t Want to Pay for It.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/the-world-is-getting-riskier-americans-dont-want-to-pay-for-it-51901067
California is a microcosm of what happens when insurance breaks down: Either households face potential ruin, or the public is handed a financial time bomb.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/the-world-is-getting-riskier-americans-dont-want-to-pay-for-it-51901067
California is a microcosm of what happens when insurance breaks down: Either households face potential ruin, or the public is handed a financial time bomb.
We Have to Stop Underwriting People Who Move to Climate Danger Zones
Financial markets, if left to their own devices, would naturally force Americans to confront the ugly realities of our changing climate and deter them from flocking to places where human habitation is increasingly untenable. Unfortunately, this basic system of supply and demand has been stymied by regional and federal policies — policies supported by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers in both blue and red states who buckle under the short-term political pressure to keep home insurance premiums artificially low.
More Americans, Risking Ruin, Drop Their Home Insurance
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/16/climate/home-insurance-cancellations.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/16/climate/home-insurance-cancellations.html
Where Does L.A.’s Luxury Home Market Go from Here?
Billion-dollar losses, buyers scrambling to find homes and the question of how and when to rebuild. A look at where things stand now and how the market might move forward.
Los Angeles after the fires: ‘You can only live in a disaster zone for so long’
https://www.ft.com/content/ad9a2099-882f-4236-ab61-20fdcb39f023
The city is pushing to rebuild areas devasted by wildfires. But the costs and the mounting risks of future disasters are hard to overcome.
https://www.ft.com/content/ad9a2099-882f-4236-ab61-20fdcb39f023
The city is pushing to rebuild areas devasted by wildfires. But the costs and the mounting risks of future disasters are hard to overcome.