IoES in the News

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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.…

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In Chad, livestock herders are struggling to find grazing for their animals, and crops are not growing as they should due to worsening droughts and floods, according to Hindou Oumarou…

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“We are sort of hardwired to respond to these sorts of features,” Daniel Blumstein, a professor at UCLA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, said. “’Oh, isn’t that cute,’ we…

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The concept of eco-friendly credit cards taps into behavioral biases that affect decision-making says Deepak Rajagopal, an associate professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

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The study by Alan Barreca found that births on hot days 90 degrees and higher were happening much earlier than expected – as many as 14 days sooner.

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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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Baby Yoda certainly matches physical characteristics that inspire caregiving, and it’s hard to believe that’s just a coincidence. “They know what they’re doing,” says Daniel Blumstein, a professor with UCLA’s…

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Climate-wise, California has always been a bit of a special case. “Because we’re at the margin of the subtropics—the climate is dry to the south and moist to the north—we…

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ExxonMobil notched a big win in the New York Supreme Court, but don’t expect the victory to inoculate Big Oil against several other courtroom challenges over global warming. “I don’t…

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“California is no different than the rest of the United States in that regard, but not being able to export … most of our stuff to China is obviously a…

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Ann Carlson says the case will have “virtually no effect” on other climate lawsuits. “This is a very specific set of facts under a very specific state statute that is…

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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.…