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Are we leaving nature behind?
Peter Kareiva
The crisis is taught in classrooms with phrases such as “species are being lost at one hundred times the background rate.” But concepts like background rate—the rate at which species…
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Recycled water is good for your health
David Colgan
For decades, recycling has been a focal point for environmentalists. And yet California—a state known for its progressive, earth-friendly ethos—has been slow to recycle an important and scarce resource: water.…
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School’s out for science
David Colgan
Time was of the essence, but they weren’t rushing to a music festival or spring break in Mexico—they just didn’t want to miss low tide. It’s a routine that Denita…
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Powering energy policy with big data
David Colgan
The Los Angeles County Energy Atlas is an interactive map that combines utility data, census information and details about buildings—their age, size and whether they’re used for residential or commercial…
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Antartica could be headed for major meltdown
David Colgan
It was more than 16 million years ago, so times were different. But there was one important similarity with the world we live in today: The air contained about the…
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Renewable energy ignites debate
David Colgan
In front of a sold out crowd at UCLA, four experts debated the future of energy and the environment at Powering Earth 2050: Is California’s 100% Renewable Strategy Globally Viable?…
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Geoengineering: one way we might turn out alright
David Colgan
At tonight’s Oppenheim lecture—live streamed here at 7 p.m.—a panel of four experts will debate California’s plan to move to 100 percent renewable energy, and whether the strategy could work…
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The best books for environmentalists: 2015 edition
Peter Kareiva
Environmentalism suffers from some tired old narratives. What’s the antidote? Fresh perspectives, taboo topics, new alliances, and cross-fertilization — because intellectual and conceptual diversity are just as essential as biodiversity.…
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A top 10 environmental thanks
Peter Kareiva
But on the environmental front, we are constantly bombarded with stories of impending crises, environmental disasters, ecosystem collapse and species loss. Not only does this relentless doom-and-gloom depress everyone, such…
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Environment + public health: the new sustainability
Peter Kareiva
HIV, malaria, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s. When we think about health, we often think about such tragic diseases and how we can avoid them. These diseases have touched my life…
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Back to school: unlearning nine environmental myths
Peter Kareiva
I have taught these introductory courses for 30 years, and have been consistently surprised by the erroneous certainties students bring to the first environmental science lecture. Rooted not in fact…
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Beyond tomorrow: why environmentalists need to get beyond instant gratification
Peter Kareiva
But our bent toward instant gratification — a key component of what helped us survive the environmental challenges of the Pleistocene — may well be our undoing in the Anthropocene.…
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Why I’m coming to UCLA
Peter Kareiva
Over 40 years ago in high school, I fell in love with science and with nature. I entered high school science fairs. I took every science class I could. I…