IoES in the News

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Emma Marris is a Pritzker emerging environmental genius award nominator and is the author of “Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World.” Here’s her five-step plan to deal with…

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Chad Thackeray, researcher at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and first author of the study, said the Arctic is melting faster than other parts of the…

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Malibu wants to outlaw all pesticides, including anticoagulant rodenticides that are used to kill rats, because those pesticides end up killing a lot of birds and other animals that prey…

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The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s leadership may be turning over a new leaf, but its goals remain the same.  Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, was announced…

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Artificial light severely disruptions feeding, breeding and communication among wildlife. Travis Longcore, associate adjunct professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been working on the impact of artificial…

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A New York lawmaker is kicking off 2020 by proposing the Empire State switch time zones.  One of the bill’s Twitter challengers is Travis Longcore, an adjunct professor at UCLA…

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Koslov is working on a book about Staten Island communities that rejected the rebuilding narrative. She recalls the first community meeting she attended in the borough, a few months after…

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A study led by evolutionary biologist Victoria Sork examines whether the trees being replanted in the wake of California’s fires will be able to survive a climate that is continuing…

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America’s most populous state has reduced its carbon output to 1990 levels. Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, IoES professor and UCLA Law professor in residence, led…

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Victoria Sork, a plant evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her colleagues have found that there is already a mismatch between ecosystems and their foundational species. 

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University of California, Los Angeles geography professor Glen MacDonald added that higher temperatures also contribute to a longer fire season. “Particularly in Southeastern Australia, that’s definitely been part of it,”…

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“There has been an assumption that the main thing we have to contend with climate change is increased temperatures, decreased snowpack, increased wildfire risk” on the West Coast, said Daniel…

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“Imagine a 90s-era disaster movie in which NASA scientists warn that there’s a giant asteroid headed for Earth,” Swain told Earther. “Except, instead of conscripting Bruce Willis to go blow…

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Climate change simulations for California show more precipitation in wet years and deeper droughts in dry years, Hall said. And according to the models, he added, we are just now…

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Holly Jean Buck, a fellow at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, wants to bust up the misconceptions that plague how we talk about geoengineering. As Buck…

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Gregory Okin, PhD, a University of California Los Angeles geographer, estimated the amount of greenhouse gases associated with meat eaten by U.S. pet dogs and cats. In 2017, PLoS ONE published…

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Although climate change will probably make living in California more challenging than ever, Hall said that in his professional opinion, it’s still a good place to be. “There are a…

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Endangered butterfly expert Travis Longcore discusses how monarch butterfly migration is threatened with extinction.

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“There has been an assumption that the main thing we have to contend with climate change is increased temperatures, decreased snowpack, increased wildfire risk” on the West Coast, said Daniel…

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As Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, tweeted, “Indications of a more widespread (& cooler) pattern throughout California. No widespread storms, but looking refreshingly like winter.”

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Three students and four faculty members from UCLA School of Law participated in international climate talks in Madrid last week, advancing their research on climate policies and observing negotiations.  The…

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A lack of diversity among scientists may skew how the public perceives the idea of hacking the climate. Given geoengineering’s potential to disrupt the natural systems that all life depends…

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A 2019 UN Climate Change Conference side event on nature-based solutions showcased collaborative actions between agencies, funds and programs to address climate issues. 2019 Pritzker Award winner and Sustainable Development…

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Alan Barreca’s study suggests that climate change is causing many women to have shorter pregnancies than they would normally, which could pose risks for infant health and child development.

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Berg and his team compared the period of extreme drought between 2011 and 2015 with a simulated situation where there was no warming due to human emissions of greenhouse gases.…