IoES in the News

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“A migratory bird can predict its own future, and this crystal ball-like indicator can be found in its genes.” PBS Newshour publicized the findings in the Center for Tropical Research’s…

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“We’re learning that the pollution you breathe comes down to where you are, when you’re there and what the traffic is like,” said Suzanne Paulson, IoES faculty member, to the…

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Juliana v. United States involves 21 teenagers charging the government for its inadequate climate policy. “It would be extraordinary for a judge to take the step of holding the U.S. government…

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“Are there engineering solutions? To a certain degree, there are, certainly, in terms of the building materials that you use, the defensible space around houses both in suburbs and in…

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89.3 KPCC interviewed IoES’s Daniel Swain and Daniel Walton- climate scientsts who observed that 2017 was the year of extremes, consistent with the direction that climate scientists say we are…

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“We hope to track global trends in the abundance of giant kelp forests and identify regions that have experienced significant declines in kelp,” according to Kyle Cavanaugh— geography professor and IoES…

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The LA Times consulted with climate scientist Daniel Swain regarding the cause of massive wildfires from dry autumns, a symptom of climate change. 

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Both UCLA professors of ecology and evolutionary biology and IoES faculty members received $1 million each from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to create new interdisciplinary approaches to science education.

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The Atlantic consulted with Daniel Swain, climate scientist, about a ridge formation that may keep the east coast cool while the west coast burns. 

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The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) named IoES Faculty member and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Rajit Gadh as one of the “50 most influential Indians in Energy Storage and…

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“I see the economic incentives for doing this… But it’s kind of stupid, because we all know we will pay for it with long-term health effects,” Beate Ritz, UCLA environmental epidemiologist,…

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Boston’s NPR News Station WBUR 90.9 featured IoES Center for Climate Science director, Alex Hall as a guest where he said the conditions causing wildfires in California tracks with global…

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Did climate change diminish or strengthen the Santa Ana winds of Southern California? “I would say there’s not high confidence in any of these results because they do conflict . .…

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According to Chicoer News, some people are comparing the situation to the, “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge,” of high pressure that induced CA drought (coined by climate scientist Daniel Swain) but it is…

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Climate scientist Daniel Swain spoke with the LA Times about the low relative humidity, combined with the Santa Ana winds, has caused massive wildfires in Southern California. 

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Climate scientists Daniel Swain and Alex Hall spoke with 89.3 KPCC regarding whether there was a connection between climate change, the California wildfires, and the Santa Ana winds. 

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“‘There’s a clear climate signal in these fires because of the drought conditions connected to climate change,’ Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, told InsideClimate News.”

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Michael Jerrett, chair of UCLA’s Environmental Health Science department, and Yifang Zhu, environmental health sciences professor, spoke with Seattle’s King5 news about Los Angeles’s decreased air quality after the Santa…

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From floods to wildfires, “it’s been a year of extreme contrast in California,” informed Daniel Swain, as reported by CBS SF Bay Area.

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89.3 KPCC referenced a 2015 study led by UC scientists, including Alex Hall, that found Santa Ana fires spread three times quicker than other wildfires in CA and consulted with…

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Delayed rainy seasons, record setting warm summers, increasingly frequent high pressure system, and more. NPR consulted with climate scientist Daniel Swain about why fires are becoming a new norm in…

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“‘The sky is orange, you can smell the smoke, and you know people are losing their homes,’ said University of California Los Angeles environmental scientist Glen MacDonald. ‘It really shows…

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Inside Climate News asked Daniel Swain about the climate connection to the Southern Californian wildfires. “There’s a clear climate signal in these fires because of the drought conditions connected to…

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IoES’ Allison Carruth, Daniel Swain, and Alex Hall are featured in Science magazine’s article on the wicked wind of the West- the Santa Ana winds that have caused massive damage…

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Thomson Reuters’ list of ‘most cited’ influential scholars included 30 UCLA faculty members. IoES faculty members on the list include Stephen Hubbell (ecology and evolutionary biology), Nathan Kraft (ecology), Michael Jerrett…