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Michael Stenstrom in Wired
Michael Strenstrom is a Distinguished Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UCLA. In this article “The Water in Your Toilet Could Fight Climate Change One Day” Strenstrom argues…
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Daniel Swain in Charlotte Observer, Disasters influence thinking on climate change
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, weighs in on a new poll about public opinion on climate change. “A new poll finds 74 percent of Americans say extreme weather…
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Alex Hall and Neil Berg, Cal Poly adapts to climate change, national report announces impacts
A study by Neil Berg and Alex Hall, climate scientists are UCLA, was referenced in a story on how Cal Poly is adapting to climate change. “The amount of snow…
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Hollywood.com: Barbra Streisand to be honoured for environmental activism
Barbra Streisand is to be honoured for her efforts at the UCLA Institute of Environment & Sustainability’s annual Hollywood for Science Gala on 21 February. Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen will…
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Yahoo! Finance: Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen to Be Honored at UCLA Science Gala
During Oscar week on Feb. 21 the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES) honors Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen for environmental activism at its annual Hollywood for Science…
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Daily Mail: Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bundchen will be honored at UCLA’s annual Hollywood for Science Gala
Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bundchen will be honored for their commitment to environmental activism at the UCLA Institute for the Environment and Sustainibility’s annual Hollywood for Science Gala.
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Billboard: Barbra Streisand & Gisele Bundchen to Be Honored at 2019 Hollywood for Science Gala
UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES) announced Wednesday (Jan. 16) that Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen will be honored for their environmental activism at the annual Hollywood for Science…
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Pritzker nominee, José González, in Bay Nature
Pritzker nominee José González is an experienced and passionate speaker, artist, nature-lover, science communicator and educator who founded Latino Outdoors. In Bay Nature he writes: “How Do People Know About…
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People Magazine: Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen to Be Honored for Environmental Activism During Oscar Week
After years of using their platforms to protect the environment, Barbra Streisand and Gisele Bündchen will both be honored next month at the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability‘s…
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Ann Carlson in LA Times
Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, and the inaugural Faculty Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law.…
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Daniel Swain in SF Chronicle
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, an assistant researcher at UCLA who publishes the California Weather Blog, said he expects “unusually warm, dry and quiescent weather” in Northern California for weeks,…
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Stephanie Pincelt and Jennifer Jay in the Daily Bruin
UCLA’s Daily Bruin asked IoES professor Jennifer Jay and researcher Stephanie Pincetl how students can be more sustainable in 2019. Jay spoke about food choices and Pincetl spoke about energy…
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Daniel Swain in Curbed LA
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, writes about the rain storms this week in LA.
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Congo Basin Institute in Foreign Service Journal
UCLA operates multiple tropical research facilities in Central Africa through its Congo Basin Institute, a partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. In this Foreign Service Journal article, the…
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Glen MacDonald in TIME Magazine, CA Wildfires
Glen MacDonald is Director of UCLA’s White Mountain Research Center. His research focuses on climate change, its causes and its impact on the environment and society. MacDonald commented on President Trump’s…
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‘We are all in this together’: California, Puerto Rico officials join in climate fight
IoES Center for Climate Science director Alex Hall talks with USA Today about the role of climate change in California wildfires and Atlantic Hurricanes.
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2019 will be the year L.A. starts to wean itself from imported water
UCLA’s Mark Gold in the LA Times. Gold writes about what 2019 will bring for L.A.’s water.
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Catastrophic fires are a reckoning for Californians and their ‘new normal.’ Has the state reached a tipping point?
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 UCLA. In this LA…
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Dennis P. Lettenmaier Receives 2018 Robert E. Horton Medal
Dennis Lettenmaier is a Distinguished Professor of Geography at UCLA who studies hydrological modeling and prediction, hydrologic remote sensing, hydrology-climate interactions, and water management. Earth and Space Science News reported that…
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New management strategies may help Los Angeles avoid future water crises
Stephanie Pincetl is Professor-in-Residence at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA. In this UPI article, she discusses…
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The biggest climate news from this past week Monday December 10, 2018 – Friday December 14, 2018 Business Stella McCartney, Burberry among fashion brands uniting against climate change Investors with…
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Here’s what those Bay Area weather terms you always hear actually mean
Daniel Swian is a climate scientist at UCLA. As a climate scientist, he studies the physics, dynamics, and impacts of the Earth’s changing climate system. In this SF Gate article,…
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BioCellection, co-founder win Pritzker environmental prize
Entrepreneur Miranda Wang and BioCellection, the Menlo Park-based company she co-founded, have been named the winners of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award for 2018. The prestigious award, which includes…
