To reach a zero-emissions future, Los Angeles will need to install chargers in multi-unit homes such as apartments and condos. “It is absolutely essential that we all work toward the…
The recall election in California to remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom could weaken the state’s climate policies and have national implications for efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions. “While a…
Laurent Pilon, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is being recognized by the 2021 American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his interdisciplinary contributions to the field of heat transfer…
UCLA Law’s Emmett Institute co-executive director Cara Horowitz says that a recall of Gov. Newsom could stymie California’s effort to cut its GHG emissions by 40% by the end of…
People are being asked to do their part to conserve water: take shorter showers, don’t let the faucet run, fix that leaky sprinkler and so on. Which begs the question:…
The hot, dry, and windy weather conditions fueling the huge wildfires that have besieged the western US this summer have increased in frequency over the past 50 years, a new…
With a fast-expanding wildfire roaring just one ridge away from the Tahoe basin, residents were in flight this week from smoke so toxic and thick that it spiked past the…
The kind of ‘life-threatening’ rainfall that could flood New Orleans from Hurricane Ida likely has a link to climate change. “Any given hurricane today is holding more water and producing more precipitation…
UCLA weather expert atmospheric scientist Daniel Swain astutely tweets, “50 – 100 mile jog to the right/east from the current ensemble mean track centerline would bring Ida right over the warmest part…
Yifang Zhu, an environmental health sciences professor, explained there are numerous opportunities for UCLA to become more sustainable, such as collaborating with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power…
Covid-19 can help us make global decisions to solve mankind’s greatest problems, chiefly climate change, social inequality, and unsustainable use of natural resources, said Jared Diamond, biologist & professor at…
The actress filmed a video during a rehearsal with musicians Natasha Bedingfield and Rod Castro for a special performance on October 13 in honor of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment…
To Alex Hall, director of the UCLA Center for Climate Science, and others, the wildfire conditions this year underscore how the changing climate is fundamentally altering the dynamics of fighting…
The landmark, ozone-addressing Montreal Protocol is an example of countries coming together to tackle a massive environmental problem. Distinguished professor Ted Parson discusses with MIT Technology Review the lessons learned…
“It’s very unlikely that this fire will be contained before the winter rains and snows arrive,” Swain previously told Newsweek, “and that has been the case really ever since this fire made…
“One of the most important things that individual citizens can do is for themselves to understand the problem & support … candidates for political office who understand the severity of…
“It’s very unlikely that this fire will be contained before the winter rains and snows arrive,” UCLA climate scientist Swain added, “and that has been the case really ever since…
IoES Professor Deepak Rajagopal weighs in for Storage Cafe: in order for EVs to be successful, we must make sure cities – including multifamily units – have charging infrastructure &…
Even though California has been bracing itself for a potentially devastating fire season by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on prevention measures, some experts say the state hasn’t invested enough in…
On Monday, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that makes it unequivocally clear that human beings have locked in a measure of warming for the planet that…
In the second episode of Berkeley Earth’s podcast “Data Points,” they speak with atmospheric scientist, and air quality open-data advocate Dr. Christa Hasenkopf from UCLA’s Institute of Environment and Sustainability…
Even though California has been bracing itself for a potentially devastating fire season by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on prevention measures, some experts say the state hasn’t invested enough…
“The really important and complex point is that places that are already hot — and are going to get hotter — are already adapted. They have air conditioning and they…
Every corner of California is in drought, and it’s playing out very differently in two of the largest metropolitan areas – San Jose and Los Angeles. Climate change is affecting…