UNHAND ME, CLIMATE WHIPLASH !

 NORDHAUS' BREAKTHROUGH INSTITUTE REPORTS:

"“Los Angeles is burning, and accelerating hydroclimate whiplash is the key climate connection.”

That was the first line of the UCLA Press Release on a recently-published Nature review paper Swain et al. (2025): Hydroclimate Volatility on a Warming Earth.

Thanks in no small part to the huge journalistic audience that lead author Dr. Daniel Swain commands, the “climate whiplash” vernacular was immediately adopted in international headlines covering the recent Los Angeles fires:

• The New Yorker:

   Climate Whiplash and Fire Come to L.A.

• ABC News: 

  How hydroclimate whiplash contributed to the severity of California wildfires

• Newsweek: 

  Why a Rain 'Whiplash' Is to Blame for Los Angeles Fires

• The LA Times: 

  Intensifying climate ‘whiplash’ set the stage for devastating California fires

• The Guardian: 

  Climate ‘whiplash’ events increasing exponentially around world

• Financial Times: 

  Fire and floods: the rise of climate whiplash

• Grist: 

  The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common

This coverage is not entirely organic as organizations like Covering Climate Now—which advise journalists on how to frame stories through a climate lens—highlighted climate whiplash as a good talking point for the Los Angeles fires."