IoES in the News

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The editorial staff of Risk Analysis selected the 2019 Best Paper award winners; these papers made the most significant impacts on the theory or practice of risk analysis.  Charles Corbett…

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Stephanie Pincetl has been awarded a 2020 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in geography at the University of Manchester, UK and will begin her appointment in January. Pincetl is professor-in-residence at UCLA…

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Thomas Painter in a co-author on a new study with an international team of scientists. The team assessed the Earth’s 78 mountain glacier–based water systems and, for the first time, ranked…

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Eric Hoek, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and member of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been appointed faculty…

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Alan Barreca and colleague calculated that, on average, an early birth caused by 90º F or higher temperature cost a woman and her baby 6.1 days of gestation. 

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Alan Barreca’s research shows that hot weather can cause a spike in the number of babies being born early, a phenomenon that may harm infant health and is likely to…

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In this episode of Political Climate, UCLA law professor Ann Carlson and journalist Emily Atkin  discuss litigation that could cost fossil fuel companies billions. Fossil fuel companies could be facing…

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Rachel Blakey’s research suggests fire, as it becomes more frequent and severe, poses a substantial risk to goshawks in the Sierra Nevada region.

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Co-author Professor Victoria Sork, from the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the UCLA explained why the team of researchers felt there was a need to carry out the…

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Alan Barreca and a colleague used estimate shifts in daily birth rates from United States counties over a 20-year span, a sample including 56 million births. “We estimate that birth…

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An atmospheric river is a formidable band of moisture (sometimes dubbed a “river in the sky”) that streams over the Pacific Ocean and into the Western U.S., often dousing California.…

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Research by Alan Barreca shows that extreme heat correlates with more premature births.  “We realized that the way people had worked at studying the health impacts of extreme heat in…

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Alan Barreca and colleagues used data from global climate models to calculate how future increases in extreme heat are likely to shorten pregnancies. Each additional hot day is likely to…

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Hot weather increases the risk of early childbirth, which in turn is linked to worse health and developmental outcomes for children, a major new study by Alan Barreca has found.

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Hot weather due to climate change is directly linked to shortened pregnancies and early labor in the U.S., a newly released study by Alan Barreca suggests.

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California authorities are addressing the problem of lead in drinking water at public schools through a statewide program to test pipes and upgrade plumbing, but experts warn the threat goes…

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From the Mbororo pastoralist community, Ibrahim is an expert in how indigenous peoples and particularly women adapt to climate change. She wants to highlight the impact a warming planet is…

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“We predict more than 1 in 100 births will occur earlier than expected in the U.S. by the end of the century,” said Alan Barreca.

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“I’m an economist who has spent much of my decadelong career investigating how weather affects human health, with a focus on child and maternal health. I got started down this career…

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Researchers examined 56 million births from 1969 to 1988 and correlated that data to weather data in the areas where the births occurred. They found a spike in deliveries on…

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Hot weather can cause a spike in the number of babies being born early, a phenomenon that may harm infant health and is likely to get worse as temperatures climb…

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Heatwaves may increase the number of babies born early, scientists have warned, after finding a spike in early births when temperatures reach 90F (32.2F) or above.  Researchers at the University…

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“Electrification and access to air conditioning should be a part of any effort to protect pregnant women and infants in developing countries,” said Allan Barreca, lead researcher with the University…

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Shorter gestational periods have been linked to negative health and cognitive outcomes later in life.  The authors, Dr Alan Barreca from UCLA, and Dr Jessamyn Schaller of the National Bureau…

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A UCLA study by Alan Barreca suggests that climate change is causing many women to have shorter pregnancies than they would normally, which could pose risks for infant health and…