A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions made the California wildfires nearly impossible to contain once they ignited, according to experts.In a typical fire management scenario, containing the fire by setting up a perimeter and trying to keep it from spreading further is often the first line of defense for firefighters to get the blaze under control, according to Lenya Quinn-Davidson, director of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' team of experts on fire re

Dubai: A draft UN climate deal calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, in a last-ditch bid to break a deadlock between nations seeking a phase-out from oil, gas and coal and Saudi-led crude producers. Following all-night negotiations, the text proposed by the Emirati presidency of the COP28 summit in Dubai yesterday would, if adopted, mark the first time that all fossil fuels are addressed in the 28-year history of international climate conferences. The text calls for “ transit

A" worst case scenario" of meteorological events combined with dryness and topography of the landscape in central Texas contributed to the weekend's extreme flash flooding event that killed dozens of people in the region, according to reports.On Friday, torrential rain pounded the region, causing the Guadalupe River in Kerr County to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes--the second-highest on record, officials said. This is what led to the flash flood emergency:" Extraordinary" rainfall rates of 2 to

BERLIN--Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major U.N. report on how global warming disrupts people's lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself.... Drafts that have circulated publicly will be changed, sometimes dramatically, before it is publicly released on Feb.... So we adapt out of the impacts of climate change’, ’’ Poertner said....