Floods and droughts: Hydroclimate whiplash is accelerating | UCLA
Jan 9, 2025 · The global consequences of hydroclimate whiplash include not only floods and droughts, but the heightened danger of whipsawing between the two, including the bloom-and-burn cycle of overwatered then overdried brush, and landslides on oversaturated hillsides where recent fires removed plants with roots to knit the soil and slurp up rainfall ...
How hydroclimate whiplash contributed to the severity of …
2 days ago · Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires burning in Southern California, according to experts.
Whiplash: How Big Swings in Precipitation Fueled the LA Fires
14 hours ago · Kolbert: Let’s talk a little bit about the idea of “hydroclimate whiplash” — sudden large or frequent swings between very dry and very wet conditions — which you wrote about recently in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Swain: The underlying idea is that the water-vapor holding capacity of the atmosphere increases exponentially as …
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth - Nature
Jan 9, 2025 · Using a metric of ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, global-averaged subseasonal (3-month) and interannual (12-month) whiplash have increased...
Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding …
Jan 9, 2025 · Hydroclimate whiplash – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming continues, according to a team of researchers led by UCLA's Daniel Swain.
Climate ‘whiplash’ events increasing exponentially around world
22 hours ago · Climate “whiplash” between extremely wet and dry conditions, which spurred catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, is increasing exponentially around the world because of global heating, analysis ...
Geo explainer: What is hydroclimate whiplash? - Geographical
6 days ago · The devastating Californian wildfires that have ravaged communities in Los Angeles are thought to have been linked to a phenomenon scientists have dubbed as ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ – sudden, large and/or frequent transitions between very dry and very wet conditions.
Climate Scientists Warn of Growing Whiplash Effect on Weather
Jan 9, 2025 · A group of climate scientists, led by Swain, published a study on Thursday in the journal Nature Reviews that found what they call “hydroclimate whiplash” — fast swings between alarmingly wet and seriously dry weather — is expanding globally.
Intensifying climate whiplash linked to California fires, study finds ...
6 days ago · In their study, published Thursday in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, the researchers examined global weather records and found that hydroclimate whiplash events have already grown ...
"Hydroclimate whiplash" is wreaking havoc across the U.S.
5 days ago · California has become a vivid example of a global phenomenon known as “hydroclimate whiplash,” which involves sudden and dramatic swings between extreme wet and dry conditions. These abrupt shifts are increasingly destabilizing ecosystems and communities, as shown in a new study published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment .