The fires, likely to be the costliest in world history, were made about 35% more likely due to the 1.3°C of global warming that has occurred since preindustrial times.
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.
And since only 18% of Altadena’s roughly 42,700 residents are Black, that makes the impact disproportionate on an already dwindling Black community there, said Lorrie Frasure, director of UCLA’s Ralph ...
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