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Daniel Swain discusses what winter’s dry spell means for California’s fire season

Publication: The New York Times 

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability 

Synopsis: Swain prefaces the complicated implications of the mixed weather extremities experienced in California this past winter. 

UCLA News: Swain discusses the consequences of this winter’s unusual weather fluctuation. “’It has been both an unusually dry and an unusually wet winter’ … But what do these ups and downs mean for California’s next fire season? The answer is complicated.” 

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