IoES in the News
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Timothy Malloy in ChemicalWatch: Authorisation applicants underusing Qsars, study suggests
Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) is a strategy of the essential importance for chemistry and pharmacy, based on the idea that when we change a structure of a molecule then also the activity or property…
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Peter Kareiva and Holly Buck study featured in UCLA Newsroom: Researchers create framework for evaluating environmental stopgap measures
UCLA study offers new way to look at temporary solutions that could buy more time for our planet. The paper sheds light on the social implications of climate change solutions, where…
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Daniel Swain in National Geographic: See which cities will feel the brunt of climate change
In general, higher latitudes are expected to see more total precipitation, particularly in rainfall as the Earth warms. All in all, we should see “more intense but less frequent precipitation”…
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Daniel Swain in AgriPulse: California edges toward a water-short summer and fall
With some shots of rain and snow still arriving, and reservoirs at near average levels, the state still remains far short in total rain and snow statewide as it heads…
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Sean Hecht quoted in KQED — Check: Has COVID-19 Closed Your Bay Area Park?
In California, a county public health officer’s order can limit access to lands managed by federal, state, tribal or city authorities in an emergency. It’s a step that some counties,…
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Pritzker Nominator Emma Marris writes for NatGeo: Conservation with Care
Emma Marris, a contributing writer for National Geographic and Pritzker Nominator, has written a story in its Earth Day 50th Anniversary Special Issue. “I imagined a future in 2070 where…
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Peter Daszak featured in PBS News Hour Special podcast: Understanding the coronavirus – a special episode
Peter Daszak, senior research fellow at UCLA Center for Tropical Research and president of the EcoHealth Alliance is featured in a PBS Newshour special podcast on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Gary Bucciarelli and Bradley Shaffer in UCLA Newsroom: As climate change messes with temperature and precipitation, California newts suffer
A UCLA-led study, in the Nature journal Scientific Reports examined body condition of newts across their entire range, from San Diego to Mendocino. In the south, researchers discovered that body condition —…
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Magali Delmas in Health: The Best Healthy Home Products of 2020
Health.com put together a day-to-day, room-to-room road map of easy places to start building the healthiest home possible. Depending on where you live, work, and shop, trying to make environmentally…
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Thomas Gillespie in Los Angeles Magazine: The Coronavirus Is Causing Chaos During Finals Season at L.A.’s Universities
Many Los Angeles universities slid into disarray after schools announced last week they would shut down in-person classes to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For UCLA, which is on the…
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Ann Carlson in The Nation: California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air
The president has overturned a 50-year waiver that allows the state to set its own standards—but California, allied with other states, is fighting back. California’s ZEV program, which requires car companies…
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Gregory Okin in Vin News Service: There’s a fly in my kibble! Insect-based pet food takes off
Companies dabbling in a novel food space are attracting increasing attention from pet owners, regulators, financiers and the veterinary profession. Hungry dogs and cats account for 25-30% of the environmental…
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Travis Longcore Research Featured in UCLA Newsroom:
Research led by UCLA professor Travis Longcore could inform guidelines to protect wildlife at L.A. beaches. “It’s going to be the largest database of ground-based whole-sky light pollution measures,” Longcore…
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Deepak Rajagopal Opinion in Business Line: Private cars must be part of EV policy push
UCLA Institue of Environment and Sustainability professor & director of Leadership in Sustainability Certificate Program Deepak Rajagopal writes opinion for Business Line on how zero-emission vehicles should comprise at least 20%…
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Daniel Swain’s Weather West blog recommended by The Mendocino Voice: Late winter snow arrives in northern Mendocino County, along with power outages
For a more detailed analysis of weather patterns and how climate change is altering them, The Mendocino Voice recommends meteorologist Daniel Swain’s Weather West blog. The Weather West blog is…
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IoES in LinkTV’s Earth Focus — Restore, Reclaim, Revitalize: Meet the Communities Working to Make the L.A. River Better for All
Through UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, students are working on new ways to improve the Los Angeles River. Students are developing an interactive map that shows what type of contaminants…
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Alan Barreca in The Weather Channel — Coronavirus and the Seasons: What We Know and Don’t Know
As the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on societies and economies around the world, many are wondering if the return of summer might put a crimp in the virus’s spread across…
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Paul Barber in Axios: The environmental impact of Fluffy and Rover
The 163 million dogs and cats in the U.S. ate one-quarter of the 94.3 billion pounds of meat the country produced in 2015, or as much as 62 million Americans did, according…
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Paul Barber in The Los Angeles Times: UC graduate students threaten more strikes as movement grows
A growing number of students and faculty members across University of California campuses walked out of class, held rallies and signed letters this week, as a systemwide movement takes hold…
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Travis Longcore in Daily Mail: Row of mysterious lights in Colorado night sky is revealed to be Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites – but furious astronomers say billionaire’s scheme blocks out the stars
Social media users in Colorado posted amazed pictures this week as they spotted a strange row of lights moving slowly through the sky. The unusual sighting was identified as a…
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Daniel Swain in Gizmodo: Warning Signs Of Widespread Drought Loom Over California
“It’s virtually impossible at this point for March/April precipitation to completely make up the very large accumulated seasonal deficit, but a series of last-minute storms would still help delay the…
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Daniel Swain in Grist: Climate change is a catastrophe. But is it an ‘existential threat’?
Some climate scientists think that calling climate change an existential threat is misleading. “I don’t think it’s an existential threat to humanity or ‘life on Earth,’” Daniel Swain, a climate…
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Daniel Swain in The New York Times: California Had Its Driest February on Record. Here’s How Bad It Was
This February “was not just merely a below-average month,” Dr. Swain said. “It was, in a lot of places, a completely dry month, which is truly extraordinary.”
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Ann Carlson in Bloomberg Environment: Young Climate Plaintiffs Seek Second Chance in Federal Court
The 21 young plaintiffs who lost their ambitious climate lawsuit against the federal government are seeking another shot to make their case in court, a move that could push the…
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Gregory Okin research featured in UCLA Newsroom: Effort to limit dust pollution in Owens Valley is advancing, but still room to improve
The century-long battle over water between California’s Owens Valley and Los Angeles is nothing short of epic. The latest chapter comes in a more stoic but important form: a 157-page report…