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UCLA students evaluate sustainability of NFTs
Anna Novoselov
Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, can lead to large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions
IoES Magazine
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Panel events focus on investment and tech innovation for climate crisis
Colin O'Brien-Lux
UCLA contingent joins international discussions in London, Paris
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Most California incentive programs meant to reduce energy use have the opposite effect
David Colgan
UCLA-led study finds products’ energy savings estimates are often inaccurate
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Talking solutions with Marilyn Raphael, director of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
David Colgan
Faculty and students are working on new ways to respond to climate change and other environmental problems
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UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives $1.5 million pledge from founding director
Margaret MacDonald
The gift from Richard and Linda Turco will support students engaged in environmental research
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Climate change increases risk of devastating debris flows after wildfires in western U.S.
David Colgan
Research co-authored by UCLA’s Daniel Swain finds extreme precipitation conditions projected to increase
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Public talk underscores need for equity and regulation in the electrification of transportation
Anna Novoselov
California has passed numerous laws stimulating green transportation. According to environmentalist Mary Nichols, making these laws work will take better enforcement. “Regulations are really only as good as the enforcement…
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Pockets of Paradise on Campus
Cynthia Lee
Take a closer look at the oases of nature at UCLA where wild flora and fauna flourish.
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UCLA combines art and science in announcing film about an autistic boy’s love of bats
Anna Novoselov
Story seeks to dispel fears and misconceptions about bats
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Changing bus schedules can protect riders from deadly heat, study finds
David Colgan
Rerouting 10% of Phoenix’ bus fleet could reduce exposure to extreme heat by 35%
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Web tool co-created by UCLA a veritable ‘Swiss Army knife’ for land management
David Colgan
LandCART uses machine learning to assess changes in vegetation and ground cover across the American West
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Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
Jonathan Van Dyke
Just witness the excitement around sightings of the city’s famous wild animals. One recent Los Angeles Times headline read, “Famed mountain lion P-22 makes dramatic appearance in Beachwood Canyon backyard.”…
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Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse
Anna Novoselov
UCLA-led study finds greater ‘streamflow’ may mean more water for the West, but could increase risk for floods, landslides
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Even in Southern California, wildfire frequency is likely to increase by end of century
David Colgan
UCLA-led research forecasts an increase in the number of days with high risk for fire
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Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years
Anna Novoselov
Climate change is a significant factor, UCLA-led research finds
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Using electric vehicles for ride-sharing in New Delhi can boost air quality for millions
David Colgan
UCLA-led research shows how the transition could improve public health and save money
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Antarctic sea ice level could reach record low in 2022, UCLA climate scientist says
David Colgan
New research traces trends at South Pole back to early 1900s
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Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires
David Colgan
In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter continue to grow, study shows
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In 3 California regions, big cities lag smaller cities in ‘neighborhood biodiversity’
David Colgan
Animal species are less evenly distributed in large urban areas, UCLA-led study finds
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Study identifies how much artificial light is too much for two coastal species
Anna Novoselov
A UCLA-led study has quantified, for the first time, how much of that light is too much for the Western snowy plover, a small shorebird, and the California grunion, a fish. Grunion…
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Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
David Colgan
Conservationist receives $100,000 for work to protect Indonesia’s species-rich Leuser Ecosystem