IoES in the News
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V. Kelly Turner for the Sacramento Bee — California schools start hatching plans to become heat-resilient as the planet warms
Urban planning associate professor and the director of the Luskin Center V. Kelly Turner quoted for the Sacramento Bee, “Obviously, the California Education Board wasn’t set up to think about…
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V. Kelly Turner for Yahoo News — California schools start hatching plans to become heat-resilient as the planet warms
Urban planning associate professor and the director of the Luskin Center V. Kelly Turner engages in a conversation with Yahoo News regarding strategies to enhance heat resilience in schools. She…
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Aradhna Tripati quoted for the Center for Biological Diversity — Top Scientists: California Must End Neighborhood Oil Drilling, New Fossil Fuel Permits
Ph.D. professor Aradhna Tripati urges California’s governor to stop new oil and gas permit approvals, stressing that “Gov. Newsom has the power to end the neighborhood oil drilling that is…
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Daniel Swain for Phys.org — Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses causes behind the changing ocean temperatures and the oncoming El Niño for Phys.org. “Underlying everything is human-caused climate change.”
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Olivia Sanderfoot for the Ottawa Citizen — For birds, wildfires pose a hazard — but also opportunity
UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals for the Ottawa Citizen. “When I see pictures like the ones out of New…
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Glen MacDonald quoted for Bloomberg — California Wildfires Are Five Times Bigger Than They Used to Be
UCLA climate scientist Glen MacDonald discusses the relationship between climate change, dry weather, and wildfires for Bloomberg.
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Daniel Blumstein co-authors article published by The Longmont Leader — BEYOND LOCAL: The ethics of modifying wild animals’ behavior
IoES Daniel Blumstein co-authors article published by The Longmont Leader that discusses the potential to modify animals’ behavior and the ethical concerns directed at this practice.
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Deepak Rajagopal quoted for The Seattle Times — Can a lab in Sumner end the ‘box in a box’? Amazon thinks so
UCLA IoES associate professor Deepak Rajagopal discusses consumerism, innovation spillover, and incentive for Amazon to reduce over-packaging for The Seattle Times. “If anything, the hook for them is ‘Hey we…
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Daniel Swain for Morning Express — “Moderate air quality forecast in Northeast US for the weekend after two days of orange smoke from wildfires in Canada”
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain states “There have been records of heat and drought in much of central and western Canada, and now, in recent days, in eastern Canada as…
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Daniel Swain quoted for BBC — Is climate change fueling Canada’s wildfires?
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses climate conditions permeating recent wildfires with BBC. “The vegetation in the forests is exceptionally dry.”
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Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot for TIME Magazine—How Wildfire Smoke Affects Wildlife—and Your Pets
UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals as Canadian wildfires severely compromise air quality across the Midwest and Northeast. “Animals, just…
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Glen MacDonald Quoted in Scientific American Article—Climate Change Is Escalating California’s Wildfires
UCLA professor of geography and environmental sustainability Glen MacDonald discusses the impact of climate change on California wildfires.
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Noah Garrison Quoted in LAist Article—Following A Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands, California Has A Lot To Figure Out
UCLA IoES environmental science practicum director Noah Garrison discusses the future of California’s wetlands following a recent SCOTUS ruling, “Here in California we’re in pretty good shape thanks to a…
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Morgan Tingley quoted in India Education Diary—University Of California, Los Angeles Study Finds Climate Change, Habitat Loss Threaten East African Bird Populations
“Poorly considered conservation can be like whack-a-mole — if you only address one problem, another one pops up,” said UCLA ecologist Morgan Tingley, a co-author of the paper. “Conserving the…
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Daniel Swain quoted in KQED—Common Misconceptions About El Niño and Its Impact on California Weather
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the return of El Niño, “It looks like it’s full steam ahead. A strong event does have the potential for strong impacts on California,”…
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Farwiza Farhan: Inspiring local communities toward conservation success
Rainforest conservationist and 2021 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award Winner Farwiza Farhan recognized for her achievements in Virgin United profile story.
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Daniel Swain quoted in the Washington Post—Melt from historic California snow may be less damaging than feared
“We’ve gotten lucky so far,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, in an online briefing Monday. “We have had some significant heat waves, but they haven’t been super…
Awards
Marilyn Raphael elected as member of American Philosophical Society
Marilyn Raphael elected as member of American Philosophical Society
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Daniel Swain quoted in the Los Angeles Times—Striking satellite photos show the dramatic scale of California’s 2023 snowpack
“This melt really is still just getting started,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA, told The Times. “I know that’s hard to believe, but we’re getting into May, and the peak…
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Gregory Pierce quoted in The Palm Springs Desert Sun—Water agencies lift some restrictions following wet winter: What’s changed, what hasn’t
Gregory Pierce, co-director of UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation and director of the center’s Human Right to Water Solutions Lab, describes the situation as “functionally we are in a long-term…
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Olivia Sanderfoot and Madeleine Siegel in LA Times: Opinion: One simple rule could save the birds that migrate over L.A.
Los Angeles leaders can take action to make our city safer for birds. One key step is to require the use of bird-safe glass, which is designed to obscure windows’…
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California snowpack: Satellite imagery shows dramatic ‘whiplash’ – San Francisco Chronicle
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses California snowpack and climate change.
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Travis Longcore quoted in the Washington Post Opinion by Dana Milbank on light pollution
“The dark places are a refuge,” says Travis Longcore, a professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. But now, “you have light pollution and skyglow that is as…
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Jasper Kok quoted in USA Today—7 died in an Illinois dust storm pileup — will climate change bring more such tragedies?
Jasper Kok
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‘The Big Melt’: California braces for flooding as heat wave takes aim at state
“The ‘Big Melt’ is now officially arriving. Flows on many rivers draining the central and southern Sierra will double or triple (with locally greater increases) as temperatures rise. Some rivers…