IoES in the News
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Monica L Smith on Life Elsewhere 88.5 WMNF
Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and it’s predicted that by 2030, 60% of the population of China, 87% of Americans, and 92% in the United…
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J.R. DeShazo on KCRW-FM: California’s green energy policy has generated thousands of jobs
“The state has, in what I tend to call the second wave of climate policies, gone back through and integrated a social justice or environmental equity component in almost every…
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Congo Basin Institute in Guitar World: Taylor Guitars Makes History with Largest Recorded Planting of West African Ebony Trees
In 2016, Taylor partnered with the Congo Basin Institute to learn more about ebony ecology. The collaboration took form as The Ebony Project and has since produced groundbreaking research, providing…
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“Cities: The First 6,000 Years” By Monica Smith
Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and it’s predicted that by 2030, 60% of the population in China, 87% of Americans, and 92% of residents…
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UCLA’s J.R. DeShazo part of a new independent committee focused on U.S. environmental policy
J.R. DeShazo named an inaugural member of the executive committee of the new research entity. Academic experts have formed an independent committee to advise U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies after…
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Allison Carruth in Daily Bruin: Inner Peas: What does ‘organic’ really mean? A look into its social, environmental impact
Allison Carruth, a faculty member in the English department and the Institute for Society and Genetics, said the most prominent data surrounding the harmful effects of toxic chemicals used in…
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Holly Jean Buck in MIT Technology Review: The desperate race to cool the ocean before it’s too late
Holly Jean Buck is a fellow at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. This article is an adapted excerpt from her upcoming book After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and…
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Jennifer Jay in Saving the West podcast: Urban meats rural
“One thing is clear–we’ve only got this one planet. So we’ve gotta take care of her. And while we figure it out, we’ve all gotta eat. But what’s the best diet,…
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Michael Ross in Stears Business: Nigeria’s oil curse perpetuates patriarchy
It is well known that oil can be a curse rather than a blessing to resource-rich countries. However, one key aspect omitted from the discussion is how it affects gender rights…
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David Colgan for phys.org: Will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? Study evaluates its potential
In a study published in the journal Marine Policy, UCLA researchers report that they have conducted the first country-by-country evaluation of the potential for marine aquaculture under current governance, policy…
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Deepak Rajagopal in Wall Street Journal: Forget Tide Pods. P&G Bets Water-Free Soap ‘Swatches’ Are the Future.
The amount of water used in the production of soaps and detergents represents a fraction of water consumed in the process of using the products. To substantially reduce water use,…
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Yoram Cohen in Daily Bruin: What causes the different tastes in types of drinking water?
Yoram Cohen, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor, said water may also taste different if it has been contaminated with other substances. For example, if water has a high content…
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Gregory Okin in Vox: I don’t eat meat. Should my dog?
Should a dog be vegan? There are compelling reasons to say yes. The environment, for one: American dogs and cats eat roughly a quarter of the animal-derived calories consumed in…
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Noam Rosenthal Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge finalist
UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability PhD student Noam Rosenthal and Anderson students Hadley Stork and Jonathan Tenenbaum were selected as finalists to compete in the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing…
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Tanner Waters awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
First generation college student, Tanner Waters, was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The prestigious award provides three years of support to graduate researchers. Growing up 15 minutes…
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Tom Smith in Ecology and Evolution: Remembering Africa’s Congo Basin on Earth Day
Thomas B. Smith, is a professor in Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is…
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Monica Smith in Time: Don’t Feel Bad About Getting Take-Out. That’s Been Normal for Thousands of Years
Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities that have much in common with ancient urban centers. UCLA’s Monica Smith writes about the history of cities and…
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Monica Smith on the history of cities
Monica L. Smith is an archaeologist and professor at UCLA. Her fascinating new book, Cities, looks at the 6,000-year-old phenomenon of urbanism. She draws on her fieldwork at archaeological sites…
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Alan Barreca in mindbodygreen: The Crazy Reason Climate Change May Contribute To Infertility
A 2018 study analyzing 80 years of U.S. birth data found that high temperatures have a significant negative effect on fertility and birth rates in humans, too. While August and…
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Congo Basin Institute in BBC: How to save the ebony tree
Taylor Guitar and UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute are trying to save the ebony tree in Cameroon. This BBC video talks about the ebony project and how Taylor Guitars is investing…
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Yifang Zhu in LA Magazine: Sorry, Plant Ladies. Your Ferns and Philodendra Aren’t Purifying the Air
Cars clog the freeways day and night, causing a grayish-brown haze that can be seen for miles. But the dirty air doesn’t stop there. According to Yifang Zhu, a professor…
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Ann Carlson in NY Times: Climate Change Could Destroy His Home in Peru. So He Sued an Energy Company in Germany.
Ann Carlson, faculty co-director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at U.C.L.A. School of Law, says that lawsuits linking fossil-fuel companies to the climate impacts of…
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Ann Carlson in Roll Call: An overeager legal strategy may endanger Trump’s energy goals
In August, Ann Carlson, an environmental law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, noted that the administration had lost four high profile environmental cases in the previous eight…
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Study Says California Farmworkers Need Better Pesticide Protection
A study out of UCLA finds counties not taking many steps to exercise their responsibilities under the state law. Lead author of the study and UCLA professor Timothy Malloy spoke with…
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Mark Gold on KPCC’s Take Two: Water Infrastructure
Mark Gold is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. He spoke with KPCC about water infrastructure. The super bloom already says it’s spring, but next week’s…
