IoES in the News

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Hurricanes and wildfires, weather phenomena often associated with disasters, are seasonal and, therefore, inevitable. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, explains that both become possible in May, before usually becoming…

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A decrease in Southern California traffic led to decreases in microscopic air pollutants known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5. This contributed to a 20% improvement in air quality…

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Yifang Zhu, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability, published a study that could serve as a guideline for the…

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Since millions of Californians began staying at home and off the roads in March, air quality in the Golden State has visibly improved. In a peer-reviewed study published May 4 in the…

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After a summer-like pattern of high pressure and offshore flow prevailing through at least Thursday in Southern California, much cooler conditions and a thicker marine layer will begin to return Friday and over the weekend into early next week, the National Weather Service said.  While this may be the last…

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The fossilized remains of 22 Ice Age, elephant-sized sloths have been found preserved in 20,000-year-old asphalt in Ecuador.  The discovery of this giant sloth death pit is revealing a virtual…

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The fossilised remains of 22 elephant-sized sloths dating back to the Ice Age have been found. Palaeontologists made the grand discovery preserved in asphalt during a dig at the Tanque…

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A team of UCLA students won first place in the demonstration project category for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s eighth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college…

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Nanobubbles increase productivity in agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture by increasing dissolved oxygen levels and oxygen utilization rates.  Independent research was conducted by Professor Michael Stenstrom, UCLA’s Institue of Environment and…

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The air quality Californians are enjoying during the stay-at-home order could one day be the status quo, if the state follows the instructions of a UCLA study.  The study, published…

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Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually — in every community — researchers say.  “It doesn’t need to take a global pandemic to create…

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“It doesn’t need to take a global pandemic to create cleaner air and healthier lives,” said Yifang Zhu, one of the study’s lead authors and a professor of environmental health sciences at…

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Amid rising death tolls and the slow down of lives that this pandemic has caused, the improvement of air quality is one clear positive thing that has resulted from coronavirus. …

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The coronavirus is having another unintended effect on California’s environment, hindering the enforcement of clean-air rules that could help protect people’s lungs during the pandemic. “All of our enforcement people…

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A journalist in Washington is going viral after sharing a video of his experience getting stuck inside a “tumbleweed tornado.”  Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the…

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Visible improvements in air quality offer an opportunity for climate action, said Ann Carlson, a law professor at UCLA who specializes in the Clean Air Act. Climate policy is complicated…

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Replacing gas with electric appliances in California homes would prevent around 350 premature deaths each year and produce $3.5 billion in annual health benefits from cleaner air. This is according…

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Thomas  Gillespie, a UCLA geography professor, and his team created the Biodiversity Atlas of Los Angeles, a website that provides a better understanding of the region’s environment, biodiversity, and endangered…

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Peter Daszak, senior research fellow at the Center for Tropical Research was featured in a CNN article on coronaviruses. Daszak is a virus hunter. Over the past 10 years, he…

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If so, the White House agrees with you.  On April 16th the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final recommendation that it was no longer “appropriate and necessary” to regulate…

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James Bassett, a lecturer from UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, said that victory gardens, often known as “liberty gardens,” were an effort to encourage Americans to grow their…

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The dean of Physical Sciences, Miguel García-Garibay and former IoES Director Mary Nichols were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary…

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Indigenous people account for less than 5% of the world’s population – but they support or protect 80% of the planet’s biodiversity. “Our people have survived for centuries,” says 2019 …

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Tom Smith, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was honored by the American Ornithological Society for decades of work studying birds. The Elliot Coues Award is given annually to “outstanding and…

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Elon Musk, CEO and founder of SpaceX, said on Twitter on Wednesday, April 22, that the failure of a single Merlin engine in the most recent Starlink launch was due…