Columbia Insight
So, rather than putting too much emphasis on hardening homes, should we focus on spacing them farther apart? UCLA professor Stephanie Pincetl, founding director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities, says it’s the wrong question. The real problem is where we build.
Featured Faculty: Stephanie Pincetl
LAist
“What we want to highlight with this report is not how doom and gloom everything is, but just to look at climate change in the LA area as something that…
Featured: Jesse Norris
The Independent
The Congo Basin Institute's Faculty Director Elsa Ordway explains the risk fires pose to people and nature in the Congo Basin.
Featured Faculty: Elsa Ordway
LAist
Magali Delmas, a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Anderson School of Management is the research lead on a pilot program launched this month by LA-based nonprofit electricity provider Clean Power Alliance.
Featured Faculty: Magali (Maggie) Delmas
Los Angeles Times
A research team led by UCLA scientists has found that climate change is already cutting back the number of days these winds blow.
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
Featured: Gavin D. Madakumbura
KCRW
La Kretz postdoctoral researcher fellow Ryan Buck talks about UCLA's partnership with The Nature Conservancy to study plant DNA to help California’s oak trees adapt to climate change.
Featured Postdoctoral Fellow: Ryan Buck
Science News
The water-loving chytrid fungus remains a threat even after toads leave the pond.
Featured: Dave Daversa
CalMatters
UCLA Water Resources Group Director Greg Pierce discusses the limitations of water systems to fight wildfires and the dangers of unfunded mandates for systems upgrades.
Featured Faculty: Gregory Pierce
Los Angeles Times
UCLA Water Resources Group Director Greg Pierce discusses pending legislation that water utilities defend themselves and their ratepayers against lawsuits that claim their fire hydrants, though designed for typical house fires, should have been able to mitigate an intense wildfire sweeping through neighborhoods.
Featured Faculty: Gregory Pierce
LAist
UCLA IoES Director Alex Hall joined Director of LA County Public Works Mark Pestrella on LAist's Airtalk with Larry Mantle to discuss the likelihood that this weather pattern will bring extreme rain, flooding, and mudslides to Southern California.
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
The New York Times
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
Featured Faculty: Daniel Blumstein
The New York Times
The New York Times highlights research co-authored by CTR and IOES scientists Kirsten Ruegg, Rachael Bay, and Tom Smith on the evolution of manakins’ spectacular courtship displays.
Featured Faculty: Thomas Smith
Featured: Kristen Ruegg
KCRW
Should we rank the Santa Anas like hurricanes?
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
Los Angeles Times
Fires ring Southern California and it’s only May. What’s going on?
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
Los Angeles Times
IoES Senior Associate Director Travis Longcore talks to the LA Times about the new LA streetlights and their impact on the natural environment.
Featured Faculty: Travis Longcore
UCLA Newsroom
La Kretz postdoc Timo Metz is first author of a new study that found animals returned to deforested land much more quickly than scientists originally thought.
Featured Postdoctoral Fellow: Timo Metz
UCLA Newsroom
Featured Faculty: Chris Hakkenberg
America Adapts
In episode 212 of America Adapts, we partnered with Battelle to delve into the multifaceted world of ecological research with four distinguished scientists. Dr. Paula Mabee, Chief Scientist and Director of the National Ecological Observatory…
Featured Faculty: Chris Hakkenberg
The Hindu BusinessLine
Deepak Rajagopal, professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, discusses India’s proposed fuel-economy rules — Phase III Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards — in his op-ed for…
Featured Faculty: Deepak Rajagopal
Los Angeles Times
Featured in this week’s Los Angeles Times Climate and Environment coverage, Edith de Guzman, Ph.D. ‘23, brings climate and heat inequities to the spotlight. This summer at Descano Gardens, a…
Featured PhD Student: Marcos R. Magaña
Featured PhD Alum: Edith de Guzman
Los Angeles Times
Featured in this week’s Los Angeles Times Climate and Environment coverage, UCLA Ph.D. student Wilson Sherman shares insights on how inconsistent policies, surveillance infrastructure and fragmented governance affect where wildlife…
Featured PhD Student: Wilson Sherman and Marcos R. Magaña
California Builder & Engineer
Travis Longcore, adjunct professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, discussed light pollution mitigation at the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing for California Builder & Engineer, sharing how thoughtful…
Featured Faculty: Travis Longcore
IEEE Spectrum
Rajit Gadh, director of the Smart Grid Energy Research Center at UCLA and professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, spoke with IEEE Spectrum about the role of…
Featured Faculty: Rajit Gadh
KCRW
Prof. Paulson, director of Center for Clean Air, appeared on KCRW's wildfire panel on Jan 15 regarding immediate and long-term health considerations for families and individuals returning to homes within the immediate vicinity of the fires and everyone coping with the recovery.
Featured Faculty: Suzanne Paulson