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The science behind “An Inconvenient Sequel”
Daniel Swain
The decade-plus since the first movie has seen record-breaking climate changes and extremes
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Visiting Bouamir: a photo essay
Jessica Arriens
She’s spent a lifetime traveling and trekking, and the decades of backpacking, rock-climbing and the slow march of time have taken their toll. She’s had two hip replacements, and then…
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UCLA’s Kevin Njabo selected to give TEDGlobal talk
David Colgan
Two months ago, the professor was named UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability’s 2017 Pritzker Fellow. Now he’s preparing to take stage in front of a worldwide audience. Today, TEDGlobal…
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New center raises everyone’s voices for environmental science
David Colgan
Fueled by her experiences, Aradhna Tripati has helped create the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, which will provide opportunities for underrepresented minorities.
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UC/Vox video series on climate change is heating up
David Colgan
The program playfully approaches the critical global issue in episodes that are just seven to 10 minutes long. The first two on thinking about climate change and going green have…
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Experts come up with surprising solutions to climate change in new UC/Vox video series
Alison Hewitt
First episode of ‘Climate Lab’ airing today asks why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change.
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A new generation of barriers to California’s public coast
David Colgan
The California Coastal Act promises that the coastline be open to all, but 40 years after its passage, new obstacles have emerged. And they’ll take more than new beach paths to overcome.
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Future of the wooly mammoth
Belinda Waymouth
Is Earth’s sixth mass extinction really underway? An expert panel including Stewart Brand, an advocate of de-extinction and co-founder of Revive and Restore, will discuss the causes and consequences of mass species loss and what can be done to protect endangered species.
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N.Y. Times’ Andrew Revkin on climate change, adaptation and aliens
David Colgan
Award-winning journalist Andy Revkin joined LENS for an intimate look at his evolution of environmental thinking and some potential outcomes for life on Earth.
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Environmental visions get a new LENS at upcoming symposium
David Colgan
A new era of stories for our changing planet will debut at UCLA’s EARTH NOW: EARTH 2050, a three-day symposium at the recently opened Luskin Conference Center on October 18,…
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Human tales on extinction and endangered species
David Colgan
Ursula Heise was surprised by the animal’s intelligence and ability to communicate. She began observing birds and other animals in nature and thinking about their survival through the lens of…
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Students’ pop-song video parodies teach real science
Pedro Ramirez
It’s also hard to imagine the rapper Macklemore ever reshaping his parody “Thrift Shop” into an ode to the Coriolis effect. But those are two of the entertaining student-made music…
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L.A. students get an environmental filmmaking debut
David Colgan
It might be time for an update. In 2016, two-thirds of Americans wield video-equipped smartphones capable of telling vivid stories, from street protests to Snapchat. And 15 minutes may be…
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The curtain draws on climate change
David Colgan
The stories of one famous tree—Methuselah, a 4,847 year-old California bristlecone pine—are the inspiration behind “Memory Rings,” an environmentally-themed play that will be staged next weekend by UCLA’s Center for…