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Extreme summer climate: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain
Alison Hewitt
Join UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain Monday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PT for a live YouTube briefing about the extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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The Promise of Cameroon
John Harlow
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute is out to definitively map the African rainforests, a mission that could revolutionize climate science — and just maybe save the planet.
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UCLA storytellers use Grand Theft Auto as basis for series of original films imagining L.A. in 2050
Emma Horio
It’s the year 2050, and the Los Angeles River runs lazily along, sparkling in the sunlight, as the hum of freeway traffic weaves through the idyllic setting.
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UCLA seniors model flood vulnerability in Tobago
Anna Novoselov
Students traveled to Tobago to test their flood-risk model and gather local perspectives
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5 UCLA faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Alison Hewitt
The academy serves as an independent research center convening leaders from across disciplines, professions and perspectives to address significant challenges, with the aim of producing independent and pragmatic studies that…
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To Labor for the Hive
Jamie Liu
A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods.
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California storms carry flood risk this week: Live Q&As with Daniel Swain
Alison Hewitt
An atmospheric river is bringing two big storms and potential flooding toward California — along with several live Q&As with UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.
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Video: El Niño Explained by UCLA Climate Scientist—A Rainy Day Discussion
Claire Griffiths
Originating in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru, El Niño may seem like a distant force to Californians. But the weather phenomenon exerts a profound and far-reaching influence, intricately shaping the state’s hydroclimate.
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L.A. asks how to equitably achieve 100% clean energy by 2035 – and UCLA answers
Mara Elana Burstein
In 2021, after the LA100 analysis laid out pathways for the city of Los Angeles to produce 100% renewable electricity, the City Council and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power committed…
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3 UCLA faculty contribute to Fifth National Climate Assessment
Alison Hewitt
Three UCLA professors contributed to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a report emphasizing the pervasive and inequitable nationwide harms of climate change, which was released by the White House on Tuesday. Co-authors…
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Iroro Tanshi wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
David Colgan
Research conservationist receives honor for efforts to protect West African forests from wildfire and other threats
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Controlled burns help prevent wildfires. Climate change is limiting their use
David Colgan
Warming means fewer overall days when prescribed fires can be safely lit, UCLA-led study shows
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GCF Task Force Remote Sensing Workshop at UCLA Drives Collaboration and Innovation
Evan George
This workshop was designed for geospatial technicians and decision-maker representatives of GCF Task Force member jurisdictions and is a key component of our grant from the Government of Norway (Norad).…
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2023 Pritzker Award finalists: Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Hana Raza, Iroro Tanshi
David Colgan
These rising stars for the environment connect people with nature to advance environmental goals
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Human-set fires 13,000 years ago led to extinction of megafauna in Southern California
David Colgan
Research by UCLA and La Brea Tar Pits scientists upends theory that saber-toothed cats, other large mammals were hunted out of existence
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Why are California’s wildfires getting worse? Experts explain what we know
David Colgan
With lives, communities, natural resources and billions of dollars’ worth of property hanging in the balance, why this is happening and the most important causes to address have become a…
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Elsa Ordway joins Tom Smith as co-director of the Center for Tropical Research and Congo Basin Institute
Claire Griffiths
Elsa Ordway, UCLA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was named co-director of the Center for Tropical Research and the Congo Basin Institute on July 1, 2023. She leads…
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Megalodon was no cold-blooded killer
Holly Ober
A killer, yes. But analysis of tooth minerals reveals how the warm-blooded predator maintained its body temperature
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Global network for saving forests has its roots at UCLA
Evan George
Task force gathers delegates from around the world to discuss how remote sensing can help stop deforestation
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First Ph.D. recipients among IoES students graduating with advanced degrees
Claire Griffiths
The Ph.D. program was launched in 2018 and the ESE program is 50 years old this year. Some of their research and accomplishments: Noam Rosenthal focused on wildfires in his…
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Climate change, habitat loss threaten East African bird populations
David Colgan
UCLA-led study assesses complex effects of environmental stressors