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Just as tree rings chronicle past climates, isotopic patterns in coral track historical shifts in ocean currents. According to a recent study in the journal Nature Geoscience, the western boundary current of the Pacific Ocean, a key regulator of sea surface temperatures and weather patterns, has si
E-Mail WASHINGTON--The start of California's annual rainy season has been pushed back from November to December, prolonging the state's increasingly destructive wildfire season by nearly a month, according to new research. The study cannot confirm the shift is connected to climate change, but the results are consistent with climate models that predict drier autumns for California in a warming climate, according to the authors. Wildfires can occur at any time in California, but fires typically burn from May through October, when the state is in its dry season. The start of the rainy season, ...