Christine Albano

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Daniel Swain |John Abatzoglou |Christine Albano |Manuela I. Brunner

On January 7 and 8, 2025, a series of wind-driven wildfires occurred in Los Angeles County in Southern California. Two of these fires ignited in dense woody chaparral shrubland and immediately burned into adjacent populated areas–the Palisades Fire on the coastal slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Eaton fire in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Jan 8, 2025 | nature.com | Daniel Swain |Andreas F. Prein |John Abatzoglou |Christine Albano |Manuela I. Brunner |Noah S. Diffenbaugh | +2 more

AbstractHydroclimate volatility refers to sudden, large and/or frequent transitions between very dry and very wet conditions. In this Review, we examine how hydroclimate volatility is anticipated to evolve with anthropogenic warming. Using a metric of ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, global-averaged subseasonal (3-month) and interannual (12-month) whiplash have increased by 31–66% and 8–31%, respectively, since the mid-twentieth century.

Aug 21, 2024 | pubs.usgs.gov | Christine Albano |Maureen McCarthy |Anne Wein |Stephanie Anne Mcafee

Climate change has and will continue to sharpen climate-related risks to communities and natural resources in California and elsewhere, as the probabilities of more extreme weather, floods, and fires continue to increase. This poses a problem of novel situations for emergency management.

Jun 12, 2024 | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Beatrice Gordon |Bryan Leonard |Christine Albano

1 Introduction Water stored in snowpacks and released as snowmelt from high mountain environments is a vital source for ~26% of the global land area, sustaining an estimated ~600 million people, ~50% of the world's biodiversity hotspots, and ~20%–40% of global rye, barley, and cotton production (Immerzeel et al., 2020; Qin et al., 2020).

Jan 9, 2024 | bondbuyer.com | Christine Albano

As KBRA enters its 14th year in the business, the rating agency is targeting increased market share, an expansion into new sectors and the expectation for continued growth in 2024. A robust track record, a team approach, and relying on cross-team verticals to provide a qualitative overlay and outside-the-box analysis led the fourth major rating agency to add more than 25 newly rated credits to its repertoire in 2023, KBRA officials said in a recent interview with The Bond Buyer.