IoES in the News
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Stephanie Pincetl awarded the 2019 Meredith F. Burrill Award
Stephanie Pincetl, University of California Los Angeles, has been an intellectual leader in the field of urban sustainability, known particularly for her extensive research on urban metabolism and effective resource…
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Billboard: Lauryn Hill to Perform at UCLA Hollywood for Science Gala
UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES) announced Thursday (Feb. 14) that Lauryn Hill will take the stage at the organization’s annual Hollywood for Science Gala. CeeLo Green and Robert…
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Daniel Swain in Vox: Mudslides, snow, and flash floods: an atmospheric river has soaked California
A massive, gushing river in the sky — a mile high, more than 300 miles wide, and carrying up to 15 times the amount of water in the Mississippi River…
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Daniel Swain in KTLA 5: Recent Storms Brings More Snow to California Than Boston
Daniel Swain is a climate scientist at UCLA. He followed the winter storm in Redding, CA and expressed his surprise that Redding received more snow in a 12 hour period…
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UCLA researchers studying how the Woolsey fire affects plant and animal recovery
Brad Shaffer, a distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a member of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. A UCLA-led research project has begun a months-long study…
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Alex Hall in Herald Mail: Scientists reveal climate forecast for 2080 — and it’s a whole lot warmer
Scientists have just revealed the climate forecast for the year 2080 in hundreds of cities across North America, and — surprise! — it looks like it’s going to get a…
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Stephanie Pincetl in UC Agriculture and Natural Resources: Rising to the challenges of 21st century water management in Los Angeles
In a recent paper, Stephanie Pincetl, director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, and co-authors argue that investments made over the years to fortify the city’s supply…
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Miranda Wang in UN Environment
Our Pritzker winner Miranda Wang takes on plastic pollution, which traps wildlife, contaminates water and food, and leads to human health problems. With BioCellection, she has pioneered an invention that…
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Paul Barber: What Is the Coral Triangle?
Paul Barber is a professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology. He lab integrates genetics, ecology, oceanography and geology to understand the processes that promote speciation in marine environments,…
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Jon Christensen in AP: Despite fierce weather, Nebraska avoids climate change plan
Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of California,…
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Daniel Swain in The Mercury News: Atmospheric river possible next week for California, raising flood concerns
Daniel Swain is a climate scientist at UCLA. In this Mercury News article, Swain discusses the “growing likelihood of an atmospheric river storm hitting California late next week, raising concerns…
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Ursula Heise & Brad Shaffer in Voice of America
Ursula K. Heise is the Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies at the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. Brad Shaffer is…
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Alex Hall in LA Times: 2018 was one of the hottest years on record
Alex Hall is Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA. His research is focused…
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Sean Hecht in E&E News
Sean B. Hecht is the Co-Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and Evan Frankel Professor of Policy and Practice, at UCLA School of Law.…
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Mark Gold in laist: The Rain Has Washing Our Sins Onto SoCal’s Beaches
Mark Gold, D.Env. is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability. In this LAist article about the rain LA received, Gold said that while the much-needed rain is good for…
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Yifang Zhu in The Washington Post
Yifang Zhu is the Center for Clean Air Associate Director and a professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. In this Washington Post article, Zhu talks about the environmental impact of…
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Daniel Swain in SF Gate
Daniel Swain is a climatologist at UC Los Angeles. In this article in SF Gate about powerful winds in San Francisco, Swain points to weather models indicating “this could be…
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J.R. DeShazo in Capitol Weekly
J.R. DeShazo is the Director of the Luskin Center for Innovation at the University of California at Los Angeles and an environmental economist. He also is an Associate Professor and…
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Holly Buck writes “Capturing carbon to fight climate change is dividing environmentalists”
Holly Jean Buck is a NatureNet Science Fellow at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She’s interested in how communities can be involved in the design of emerging environmental…
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Daily Bruin: Popularity of brief Uber, Lyft rides on campus raises environmental concerns
On the popularity of brief Uber and Lyft rides around campus Yifang Zhu, associate director of the Center for Clean Air and an environmental health sciences professor said, “Even though…
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Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bundchen to be Honored at 2019 Hollywood For Science Gala
UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES) will honor legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker Barbra Streisand and world-renowned super model Gisele Bündchen for their environmental activism at the…
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Daniel Swain in SF Gate, High-pressure ridge settled along coast keeping California dry
Daniel Swain is a UCLA climate scientist, studying the physics, dynamics, and impacts of the Earth’s changing climate system. In this SF Gate article, Swain talks about the high pressure…
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Jon Christensen in KPCC’s “Take Two”
Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of California,…
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Pritzker winner Miranda Wang in UN Environment
Pritzker winner, Miranda Wang, has been busy. This UN Environment article details what Wang and her company, BioCellection, have been up to.
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Paul Barber in Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Paul Barber, a professor in theDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, recently released a study on fish fraud. This article on sushi mislabeling references Barber’s conclusions: “Sushi mislabeling is pervasive;…
