Scientists say the fires that engulfed Los Angeles were made 35% more likely due to climate warming.

Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought ...

Analysis found the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were 35% more likely due to 1.3C of warming.

Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, windy weather more likely, setting the stage for the Los Angeles wildfires.

Human-caused climate change made the Los Angeles-area fires more likely and more destructive, according to a study out ...