California is experiencing more wildfires, illness and drought as the impacts of climate change accelerate
The state’s fourth edition of “Indicators of Climate Change in California” finds that such impacts are hitting California sooner and more forcefully than previously expected. Published by the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the report says that half of the state’s 20 largest wildfires occurred in 2020 and 2021, heat waves have doubled in frequency in some areas, and glaciers are rapidly disappearing.
The report found that the frequency of daytime heat waves more than doubled in five locations studied. Prior to 1950, such events averaged one to three per year; now, they occur five to six times a year. Nighttime heat waves similarly increased to five to seven per year at 10 locations, according to the report, with one area seeing as many as 10 heat waves annually.
The report also found that glaciers and snowfields have virtually disappeared in the Trinity Alps, between Trinity County and Eureka in Northern California. In the Sierra Nevada, some of the largest glaciers have lost 65 to 90 percent of their area. There’s also been an increase in health-related issues connected to climate change, such as valley fever, the report said.
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