Daniel Swain explains the links between climate change and extreme weather | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
June 15, 2022
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Publication: Yahoo News

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

Synopsis: An abundancy of recent scientific research links climate change to extreme weather. Swain commented on how that connection is already playing out.

UCLA News: “Amazing to consider,” said Swain, “that in past 12 hours the U.S. West has seen record flooding in Montana, extreme wildfire activity in Arizona that visually resembles an erupting volcano amid drought, and post-wildfire debris flows in northern California.”