IoES in the News
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UCLA study reveals Southern California salt marshes in state of decline
“We still have a few decades before marshes begin to disappear quickly… the most important thing would be to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help reduce the amount of warming…
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Rain, snow and hail pound Northern California at end of bone-dry February
“It’ll be a nice white snowpack by later in the week… [but] this week alone isn’t going to cut it,” according to Daniel Swain, IoES climate scientist, who spoke with…
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UCLA institute partners with TV station for environmental media project
The UCLA Daily Bruin featured an article about UCLA’s Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies collaborating with television station KCET to combine humanities and science, creating online multimedia pieces that highlight…
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West Coast Wetlands Could Nearly Disappear in 100 Years
Scientific American featured an article co-authored by IoES faculty members Glen MacDonald and Richard Ambrose that found Pacific salt marshes in California and Oregon could be underwater by 2110.
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Beach Culture verses Tech Money: Fight!
Wired featured a quote from Jon Christensen, IoES faculty member and co-author of a report about beach access in California about property rights by the ocean; “…the rule of thumb is,…
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With sea level rise, a major California ecosystem faces extinction if we don’t act
“After years of intensive surveying and modeling of topography, vegetation and sedimentology of marshes from the Tijuana Estuary in California to the Port Susan Bay Estuary in northern Washington, my…
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California and Oregon Salt Marshes Could Disappear By Turn of Century, Study Says
The Weather Channel discussed an article written by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and UCLA (including IoES faculty members Glen MacDonald and Richard Ambrose) that found tidal wetlands in…
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Salt marshes will vanish in less than a century if seas keep rising and California keeps building, study finds
The LA Times spoke with UCLA professor of geography, Glen MacDonald, and professor of environmental health, Richard Ambrose, about a study they co-authored that found salt marshes in CA and…
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Wetlands in California and Oregon Could Disappear with Sea Level Rise
Newsweek featured a study co-authored by faculty members Glen MacDonald and Richard Ambrose that studied topography, tides, vegetation, underlying sediments, and water level data from Tijuana, Mexico, to Port Susan, Washington and…
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California’s coastal marshes could be washed out to sea by 2110
89.3 KPCC spoke with faculty member Glen MacDonald about a research he co-authored that indicated marshes along the California Coast may disappear if we continue emitting greenhouse gases at our…
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Diet has more impact on climate change than transportation. Here’s how to fix that.
In their recent article, Big Think discussed the UC/Vox Climate Lab collaboration video, “The diet that helps fight climate change.”
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February has been bone dry. Has drought returned to California?
“We have been in an extended period of unusually warm and dry conditions. One might call that a drought,” stated IoES climate scientist Daniel Swain to the Fresno Bee.
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Flu Weather: It’s Not the Cold, It’s the Humidity
Weather Underground included a recent study co-authored by IoES faculty member Alan Barreca that discussed how low humidity, which may become more prominent in some regions due to climate change,…
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Green Science’s White People Problem
Professor Aradhna Tripati shared her experience with systemic racism and how she addresses lack of diversity in environmental science through the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science and postdoctoral scholar…
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Activists Worldwide Press Environmental Demands
“There’s a new concept that the (Chinese) state is calling ecological civilization and it’s been all over the official propaganda and the state leadership messaging.” UCLA Law professor and IoES…
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Ventura County is at ‘epicenter’ of California’s drought, expert says
The Ventura County Star consulted with IoES climate scientist Daniel Swain; “As a lot of people in Ventura and Santa Barbara County are acutely aware, the drought arguably never really…
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Is California Entering Another Drought? Experts Answer Your Questions.
Capital Public Radio consulted with Daniel Swain, IoES postdoctoral scholar, about California’s current state of water. High reservoir benefits big cities, but not necessarily farms and the drought never ended…
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California Needs a Ton of Snow, ASAP
Mother Jones included a quote from IoES climate researcher Daniel Swain; “Every week that we don’t reverse this trend from here forward, it’s going to be that much harder to…
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Dunkin’ Donuts joins eco-friendly parade, will switch to paper cups by 2020
“More and more this is the trend…It’s really not just a question of changing consumer behaviors, but there are also socially responsible investors, and I think companies are trying to…
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Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests
According to Luciana Alves, co-author/ IoES assistant researcher, this study can identify areas to prioritize conservation and help the development of better models to understand responses of different tropical forest…
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Could Oil Firms Be Forced to Pay for Climate Change? California Cities Hope So
KQED consulted with IoES faculty member/ environmental law professor at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law, Ann Carlson, about potential climate…
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‘Keep saving water’: UCLA water expert wishes state never declared drought ‘over’
Mark Gold, IoES faculty member told 89.3 KPCC Take Two that, “What we’ve seen is that we went from a 24.5 percent reduction in water use – which everybody in…
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More than 40 percent of California experiencing moderate drought
Scientists announced 40% of California is experiencing moderate drought. Digital Journal quoted Daniel Swain, IoES climate scientist, who stated, “This year it’s going to be pretty stark… There’s not going…
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Chevron Wants More Companies Blamed in Climate Liability Cases
IoES Faculty and Co-Directors of Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law Ann Carlson and Sean Hecht weigh in on Chevron’s desire to have…
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California drought returning? Sierra Nevada snowpack at 30 percent as forecast calls for two more weeks of warm, dry weather
Daniel Swain, IoES Climate Scientist, informed the Santa Cruz Sentinel that, “February is the peak season for snow accumulation… Every week that we don’t reverse this trend from here forward,…