![Wildfires and heavy rains are specific types of weather events that can be made more extreme by climate change, say scientists in research published December 2019 in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In this photo, a wildfire rages in the hills of the Los Angeles area. (2017 stock image.) (Image credit: istock) Wildfires and heavy rains are specific types of weather events that can be made more extreme by climate change, say scientists in research published December 2019 in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In this photo, a wildfire rages in the hills of the Los Angeles area. (2017 stock image.)](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Dec/PHOTO%20-%20Los%20Angeles%20%20-%20Wildfire%20-%202017%20-%20iStock%20image%20-1045221452%20-%20Landscape.jpg?itok=lr1kRxCo)
Wildfires and heavy rains are specific types of weather events that can be made more extreme by climate change, say scientists in research published December 2019 in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In this photo, a wildfire rages in the hills of the Los Angeles area. (2017 stock image.) (Image credit: istock)