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 ...
Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding …
4 days ago · 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 ...
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 ...
"Hydroclimate whiplash" is wreaking havoc across the U.S.
Jan 10, 2025 · The study found that hydroclimate whiplash has increased worldwide by 31% to 66% since the mid-20th century – outpacing predictions made by climate models. The trend is accelerating due to human-driven climate change , with projections suggesting that whiplash events could more than double if global temperatures rise by three degrees Celsius ...
Geo explainer: What is hydroclimate whiplash? - Geographical
Jan 10, 2025 · Hydroclimate whiplash can also increase the risk of wildfires, like those in LA. Video: The Times/Sunday Times. This is because during extremely wet periods, trees, shrubs and other vegetation are able to rapidly grow. In subsequent hot seasons with little rainfall, warmer air is able to pull more water out of the existing plants and soil ...
Whiplash: How Big Swings in Precipitation Fueled the L.A. Fires
5 days 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 …
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 ...
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 ...
Jan 9, 2025 · Research shows rapid shifts between wet and dry extremes are increasing. Scientists say this 'hydroclimate whiplash' contributed to California's devastating fires.
LA fires show the human cost of climate-driven ‘whiplash’ …
Jan 10, 2025 · Hydroclimate whiplash can occur virtually anywhere. These cycles can cause extreme wildfires, such as those in California, where rapid vegetation growth is followed by drying.