California has some of the nation’s most variable precipitation, with increasingly dramatic swings between wet and dry periods, also known as “hydroclimate whiplash.” Southern California is ...

This cycle of wet and dry extremes, known as "hydroclimate whiplash," is part of the increasingly intense climate cycles caused by climate change. Hydroclimate whiplash can occur virtually anywhere.

After a summer of severe drought and raging wildfires, California is now facing a series of storms and intense flooding. How did the state go from one extreme to the other? Climate scientist Dr ...

In early April, the Trump administration suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants to Princeton University. In the following days, many were preemptively ended — including $4 millio ...

What made firefighting particularly challenging were the strong Santa Ana winds whipping across a fire-prone landscape where ignition risk has been increased by “hydroclimate whiplash” — rapid swings ...

Scientists point to a clear climate change signature in these fires — what researchers are calling “hydroclimate whiplash,” when wet winters are followed by exceptionally dry conditions.