Publication: SFGate 

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

Synopsis: SFGate reported on Yosemite’s potential future with climate change and discussed its historic firefall phenomenon. During the firefall, the sun hits El Capitan’s Horsetail Fall at an angle that creates the illusion of fire spilling over. In 2020, however, this did not happen due to a lack of water. 

UCLA News: Swain discusses what the lack of the firefall indicates. “Fundamentally, what you need is water falling over the edge at the right time of year. The only reason why there aren’t Firefalls more often, like in the fall, for example, is that usually it’s too dry and there’s not really any meaningful runoff.” 

Read more at SFGate.