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What the wildfires tell us about the shortcomings of California’s electrical grid
Sean Brenner
Q&A with UCLA energy systems expert Eric Fournier
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Climate change isn’t a green problem — it’s a white one
Aeden Keffelew
News and other media outlets have a responsibility to create a more inclusive narrative to shape environmental policies while elevating the leadership of Indigenous and African American communities
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KCET and UCLA launch new season of Earth Focus with Link TV and Thompson Reuters
David Colgan
Four episodes explore environmental politics, youth activism and the New West
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2020 Pritzker finalists: Clara Pratte, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leah Penniman
David Colgan
The finalists represent a vast range of environmental issues and approaches. All of them are working to address past and ongoing injustices.
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Marilyn Raphael takes helm at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
David Colgan
Professor who helped found the institute in the 1990s now in top leadership role
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Tiny endangered shrimp may get big hand from environmental DNA testing
David Colgan
Emerging research method saves conservationists time and money and aids in preservation
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A warming California sets the stage for future floods
Sonia Aronson
UCLA study finds that continued climate change will deliver a dangerous one-two punch for state’s water managers
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Announcing the Candidates for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
Sonia Aronson
Candidates for the 4th annual Pritzker Award are artists, leaders and inventors under the age of 40 fighting for a more sustainable future. They include a college dropout who invented…
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Air conditioning: Environmental loss, human win
Paul Stainier
With a warming climate, a key win-lose solution is air conditioning. In hotter conditions, workplace productivity suffers, students learn less, and mortality rates are higher. Fortunately, we have a way…
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Discovery opens up new path in study of marine evolution and biodiversity
Kaitlyn DeShon
Two UCLA studies of ocean mollusks shed light on how new species develop
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Clean energy revolution may leave disadvantaged communities behind
Mary Hardin
Study finds affluent L.A. neighborhoods use more energy and reap greater benefits from government incentive programs
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2020 senior practicum adapts to recent global conditions with strong research
Kaitlyn DeShon
Any scientist doing field work can tell you things rarely go according to plan. And in the case of this year’s senior practicum teams, they really didn’t. As the world…
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High school students showcase environmental short films in virtual contest
Sonia Aronson
Dave Farina of “Professor Dave Explains,” a YouTube channel that aims to increase science literacy and has a following of 812k subscribers, moderated the ceremony. “You persisted through the transition…
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2020 environmental science students persevere through pandemic to graduate
David Colgan
The next day, classes and trips started getting cancelled. Within a week, UCLA was preparing to close to all but essential workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The chancellor…
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Risk of massive wildfires continues to grow in California
Sonia Aronson
Doubling of extreme fire weather days highlights the need to reduce emissions and take other preventive measures
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The criminal tragedy we are all party to
Peter Kareiva
Plus resources to help and support the community
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Deforestation surged following end of armed conflict in Colombia
Sonia Aronson
UCLA researcher and Colombian colleagues highlight the importance of good governance of protected areas
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Researchers create framework for evaluating environmental stopgap measures
David Colgan
UCLA study offers new way to look at temporary solutions that could buy more time for our planet
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As climate change messes with temperature and precipitation, California newts suffer
David Colgan
Study shows how drought affects native amphibians, harbingers of what’s to come
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Study draws Southern California coastal light pollution into focus
Sonia Aronson
Research led by UCLA professor could inform guidelines to protect wildlife at L.A. beaches
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Homegrown fire prevention could save Amazon rainforest
Annika Karody
Among the ashes in Brazil there exists hope, driven by efforts of small family farmers