Global warming exacerbated fire conditions in the Los Angeles area, an analysis by the research group World Weather Attribution finds.

A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've locked up from the atmosphere faster than any other state, driven in large part by wildfires.

A new study finds that the region's extremely dry and hot conditions were about 35 percent more likely because of climate change.

A bill introduced in California’s state legislature would make fossil fuel companies legally liable for damages from climate change, similarly to current law holding utilities liable for fires started by their equipment.

Natural disasters affect property taxes, which can be shocking to homeowners, especially as they head into tax season.

California's insurance crisis risks triggering broader financial instability, an expert in economics and the environment warned.

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.

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the devastating Southern California wildfires.

Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California

As the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.

A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've locked up from the atmosphere faster than any other state, driven in large part by wildfires.