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Physical Sciences Dean Miguel García-Garibay and Former Director Mary Nichols Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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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2019 Pritzker Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in BBC News — Earth Day: Meet the original eco warriors protecting the planet
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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Biologist receives award from the American Ornithological Society
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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Travis Longcore Qutoed in Tech Times: Elon Musk Says Alcohol Caused SpaceX Engine Failure; Launches Falcon 9’s 84th Flight
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…
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2019 Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in Remezcla: A Few Things We Can Learn From Indigenous Leaders on Earth Day & Beyond
According to the BBC, “Indigenous people account for less than 5% of the world’s population—but they support or protect 80% of the planet’s biodiversity.” 2019 Pritzker Award winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim…
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Pritzker Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim on Panel Discussion for Thrive Global: Rise Up for the Great Reset
Can there be any doubt that a reset of very nearly everything will emerge from this time of contagion and confusion? 2019 Pritzker winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim was a panelist…
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Jon Christensen in The Los Angeles Times: Lewis MacAdams, famed crusader for the Los Angeles River, dies at 75
Lewis MacAdams, a poet and crusader for restoring the concrete Los Angeles River to a more natural state and co-founder of one of the most influential conservation organizations in California,…
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Pritzker Nominator Emma Marris in Slate Podcast: How To Save the Planet (And Still Use a Plastic Straw)
In this episode of Slate’s “How To!”, Emma Marris, an environmental writer and Pritzker nominator, warns us not to fall into the trap of individual guilt. In other words, don’t…
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Pritzker Nominator writes for Nature: On the 50th Earth Day, take collective action for the planet
Reducing your own carbon footprint is not as powerful as calling governments and companies to account. Environmental writer and Pritzker nominator Emma Marris writes “there are as many ways to…
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Daniel Swain in The Los Angeles Times: Global warming is making western U.S. ‘megadrought’ the worst in centuries, study says
A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest “megadroughts” the region has experienced in more than 1,200 years,…
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Daniel Swain on Jefferson Public Radio — Climate Change Leads To More Fall Fires In California
The old impulse is to think of wildfires as creatures of the summer. But that is no longer strictly the case in California. Daniel Swain joins them to discuss change,…
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Daniel Swain Mentioned in The New York Times — Study: Warming Makes US West Megadrought Worst in Modern Age
Scientists used thousands of tree rings to compare a drought that started in 2000 and is still going — despite a wet 2019 — to four past megadroughts since the…
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Yifang Zhu in International Policy Digest: How COVID-19 Could Impact Air and Water Quality
Dr. Yifang Zhu, an environmental health sciences professor at UCLA, and her colleagues examined Southern California air quality from March 16 to April 6 and found a 20% improvement during…
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Daniel Swain in The Weather Channel: Climate Change Is Stoking What May Be a Long-Term Megadrought in Western U.S.
Daniel Swain, a scientist with UCLA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has researched the “hot drought” phenomenon in California. “I think this is interesting work and is indeed…
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Yifang Zhu in Cal Matters: As Californians stay at home, air quality improves – for now
The global coronavirus pandemic has inadvertently achieved what state officials have sought to do for decades: Californians have parked their cars. Freeways and highways are clear. And the constant burn…
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Yifang Zhu in Inhabitat: Los Angeles air quality improves amid pandemic
There is one positive impact of the tragic coronavirus pandemic — Los Angeles is experiencing its longest stretch of good air quality since 1995. “With less cars on the road and…
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IoES Director Peter Kareiva in Phys.org: Deforestation surged following end of armed conflict in Colombia
A new study co-authored by IoES Director Peter Kareiva and researchers from Colombia concludes that a failure of government systems is the main cause of Colombia’s rapid deforestation.
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2019 Pritzker Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in Thrive Global — Climate Justice in the Time of COVID: 5 Lessons From Women and Girls Leading the Fight
COVID-19 is a health, economic and social crisis, but it also holds out an opportunity for the world to move forward into a more equitable and green recovery. Women climate…
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IoES Director Peter Kareiva and colleagues’ study featured in Mirage News: Deforestation surged following end of armed conflict in Colombia
Deforestation is skyrocketing in the country with the world’s second-highest number of species. The cause? Ineffective conservation in protected areas following decades of civil war. Researchers from UCLA including the…
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Yifang Zhu in Forbes: How Clean Air Cities Could Outlast COVID-19 Lockdowns
Dr. Yifang Zhu, director of the Centre For Clean Air, at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment & Sustainability says her team has found a 20% gain in air quality in…
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Yifang Zhu in Courthouse News Service: Experts Say Dirty Air Will Return When Lockdowns End
Yifang Zhu, environmental health scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in an interview the reduction in air pollution will unfortunately be short-lived once lockdown orders are lifted.…
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IoES Director Peter Kareiva study featured in UCLA Newsroom: Deforestation surged following end of armed conflict in Colombia
Deforestation is skyrocketing in the country with the world’s second-highest number of species. The cause? Ineffective conservation in protected areas following decades of civil war. Researchers from UCLA including the…
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Yifang Zhu in The Washington Post — The silver lining to coronavirus lockdowns: Air quality is improving
The coronavirus pandemic has put much of the world into lockdown, with factories going idle and city streets turning into eerily empty walkways. According to Yifang Zhu, a professor at UCLA’s…
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Web Design Links
A curated set of web design links for beginners shared with students on the UCLA IoES Sea Grass practicum team. Theory and Process The Web’s Grain. Essay by Frank Chimero…
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CNN segment featuring CTR Senior Research Fellow Peter Daszak
“We’re very confident that the origin of Covid-19 is in bats,” said Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a health nonprofit that tracks zoonotic spillover. “We just don’t know where exactly…