IoES in the News
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Paul Barber & Zachary Gold in UCLA Newsroom, UCLA scientists help simplify DNA testing for tracking marine species
“eDNA is a really powerful tool for providing insights into the plants and animals inhabiting an ecosystem,” said Paul Barber, a UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, member of…
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Stephanie Pincetl in UCLA Newsoom: In a new documentary, a UCLA professor says L.A. needs to rethink its relationship with water.
In the new documentary Without Water, Stephanie Pincetl, director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, argues that Long Valley is a test case for big cities seeking smarter ways…
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Daniel Swain on KQEG Forum with Alexis Madrigal: Another Massive Rain Storm Set to Drench the Bay Area
Talk about what you can do to get ready and what all this precipitation means for California’s ongoing drought.
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Eric Abelson & Daniel Blumstein quoted in Lab Manager: Why Some Animals Fear Using Wildlife Crossings
“It’s only through studies like this that focus on how animals perceive and react to the stimuli in their environment—which can either attract them or repel them—that we’ll gain the…
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Daniel Blumstein in Science Daily: Is it safe? Why some animals fear using wildlife crossings
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Idaho Public Radio story featuring Jules de la Cruz, one of our BS students
One student's experience documenting light pollution in Idaho's Dark Sky Reserve.
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CCGP Special Issue published by Journal of Heredity
The California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) is a unique, critically important step forward in the use of comprehensive landscape genetic data to modernize natural resource management at a regional scale. This dedicated issue of the JOH contains 17 CCGP papers, including the Editor's Choice lead article by La Kretz Center Director Brad Shaffer and the CCGP Executive Committee describing the project inception, goals, and deliverables.
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2022 Environmental Science and Engineering reunion
By Amanda Wagner, D.Env. 2021 On October 22, the Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE) alumni society held a reunion event for the first time in several years. Alumni, current students,…
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La Kretz postdoc Zac MacDonald makes cover of Evolutionary Applications
The article authored by La Kretz postdoc Zac MacDonald concludes that ecologically mediated selection is contributing to variation within forest tent caterpillars (M. disstria), and that divergent adaptation related to both environmental conditions and host association should be considered in ongoing research and management of this important forest pest.
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Fast Company: Antoine Kunsch, ESE student, quoted in “Inside the lab where Lyft freezes, twists, and slams its bikes”
“When you’re talking about a 10-year lifespan on a bike, you strive to design parts that will last just as long,” says Antoine Kunsch, sustainability program manager at Lyft. “Taking…
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Verge: Antoine Kunsch, ESE student, quoted in “Lyft is recycling its e-bike and scooter batteries with Redwood Materials”
For Lyft, the deal is about ensuring that its huge, nationwide fleet of electric bikes and scooters aren’t ending up in a landfill at the end of their lifespan — which…
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Floha De S. Paulo: At COP27, Lula, Brazil’s president-elect says violence against indigenous peoples and ‘loggers’ fury’ will no longer be tolerated and will require ‘much more competence’
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greets Chadian environmentalist and SDG advocate, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaks, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm…
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Richard Jackson, UCLA Newsroom: Richard Jackson receives National Academy of Medicine award
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Rajit Gadh: Power Up! How We Avoided Critical Blackouts During The Last Heat Wave And Why It Matters | laist.com
UCLA engineering professor Rajit Gadh said the million electric vehicles in California today alone could be their own massive battery in conjunction with large-scale renewable energy run by utilities.
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Deepak Rajagopal at Berkeley Lab, Taking Freight Trucks Electric Would Have Big Economic and Environmental Benefits for India
“India has embarked on very ambitious electrification policies prior to this,” said Deepak Rajagopal, an author of the report and a faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab and UCLA. “We find…
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Solutions Now! A Story on Solar Freeze
My name is Dysmus Kisilu, founder and CEO of Solar Freeze, a company that provides access to solar powered cold storage solutions for small-scale farmers, refugees and off-grid communities. Solar…
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Expert insight from Prof. Deepak Rajagopal on moneygeek.com
Considering the federal incentives for solar technology in the recent Inflation Reduction Act, why have some states not added additional state-level incentives to make solar panel usage even more enticing?
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Brad Shaffer joins External Expert Advisory Board of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project
La Kretz Center Director Brad Shaffer has been chosen to join the External Expert Advisory Board (EEAB) of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) Project (https://biodiversitygenomics.eu). BGE is a multi-partner international…
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The owners of empty spaces
By Resson Kantai Duff I’m sitting on the edge of the rocks, watching the sun set behind Lowua L’ongishu. The breeze has died down and long-tailed widow birds dance in…
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Daniel Swain in KQED: ‘It Comes to Race’: Marin City Residents Demand Flood Protections
Marin County residents are wrestling with officials they don’t trust for agency over climate plans and flood protections. “The problem is we built our infrastructure assuming these events were very…
