Global weather records show hydroclimate whiplash has swelled globally by 31% to 66% since the mid-20th century, the international team of climate researchers found—even more than climate models ...

Moisture sweeping down the coast will drench much of California, including areas that burned severely just a month ago.

“Hydroclimate whiplash” – or rapid swings between intensely dry and extremely wet periods of weather – is happening more often worldwide, according to a new study. What the science ...

But to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at U.C.L.A. and author of the Weather West blog, one significant factor already seems clear: "hydroclimate whiplash." The phenomenon is characterized by a very ...

The Los Angeles fires, at least in part, are a product of this sort of “hydroclimate whiplash.” In 2023 and 2024, the city experienced unusually wet winters, which spurred the growth of ...