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Dr. Daniel Swain is a climate scientist at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Nature Conservancy of California. He specializes in weather and climate extremes, particularly focusing on droughts, floods, heat waves, and wildfires in California and the western United States. He is widely recognized for his science communication work, providing expert analysis on extreme weather events through social media, his Weather West blog, and media appearances.