Here we provide a collation of media mentions, interviews etc from our Centre members in relation to the LA wildfires of Jan 2025 (this may be updated). It has been fantastic that not just our esteemed senior academics have contributed, but also our post-doctoral researchers and PhD students.
- Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis (Imperial College London/TUC) in Time magazine: The Conditions That Led to the ‘Unprecedented’ Los Angeles County Fires, the Daily Mail: Extreme weather, suburban sprawl fuel LA’s wildfires, and Barron Barron’s Extreme Weather, Suburban Sprawl Fuel LA’s Wildfires | Barron’s
- Theo Keeping (PhD student, University of Reading) on LBC Radio (11:31) https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbcnews/uk/7UN7tHKW/
- Prof Guillermo Rein (Imperial College London) in Reuters: Fast Fires, and an upcoming contribution in BBC Science Focus along with Dr Rossella Arcucci (link will be updated here when article is live)
- Prof David Demeritt (King’s College London) on BBC Five Live (1:13:00), and interviewed for Times Radio.
- Prof Martin Wooster (King’s College London) quoted in the Guardian live feed and interviewed for Sky News, BBC Extra and on BBC Radio Ulster. Some of Martin’s quotes can also be viewed here.
- Whilst not a media mention, one of our students, Alex Mines, also wrote a blog article: L.A. Wildfires: Reimagining recovery and resilience
Media requests can be sent to wildfire@imperial.ac.uk and grantham.media@imperial.ac.uk
Photo: Palisades Fire, Jan 2025, Credit: CAL FIRE_Official
