When it comes to heat waves, fires, and severe flooding, a lot of attention is given to how they started -- from faulty electrical lines and drought conditions to major storms and weather patterns. But one UCSB professor thinks the media is leaving out the larger cause: climate change.
California is on fire year-round. Is climate change to blame?
An apartment complex in downtown Ventura burns in the Thomas Fire last December. Photo credit: John Camilli
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Credits
Guest:
- Leah Stokes - professor of energy and climate policy at UC Santa Barbara - @leahstokes