IoES in the News

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A federal appeals court has thrown out the landmark climate change lawsuit brought on behalf of young people against the federal government. While the young plaintiffs “have made a compelling…

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Jon Christensen, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability professor, journalist-in-residence and founder of UCLA Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, provides a potential solution to this impasse for the Los Angeles Times.

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Sanders said that unless the U.S. leads “the world right now” on climate change, “the planet we are leaving our kids will be uninhabitable.” While climate change is an urgent…

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Meteorologists and weather nerds are getting excited about a storm approaching California. The storm is expected to be potent and quick-moving, releasing a burst of frigid air, heavy rainfall, high…

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Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, tweeted on Sunday that it’s not looking like January precipitation will be enough to reverse the growing seasonal precipitation deficit to date in Northern California.

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For several years, scientists and solar industry groups have documented evidence of birds, particularly migratory species, either colliding with solar panels or getting incinerated in the red-hot light of concentrated…

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The Summit will also feature a group discussion on the topic of “GIS for Sustainability Science: How GIS is fundamental to our policies and practices that further sustainability and the…

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In what she says is likely her last year in office, Mary Nichols, the chair of the state Air Resources Board and Professor in the UCLA Institute of the Environment,…

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Climate change may cause childbirth to occur up to two weeks earlier than expected, according to a study led by Alan Barreca.

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Emma Marris is a Pritzker emerging environmental genius award nominator and is the author of “Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World.” Here’s her five-step plan to deal with…

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Chad Thackeray, researcher at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and first author of the study, said the Arctic is melting faster than other parts of the…

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Malibu wants to outlaw all pesticides, including anticoagulant rodenticides that are used to kill rats, because those pesticides end up killing a lot of birds and other animals that prey…

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The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s leadership may be turning over a new leaf, but its goals remain the same.  Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, was announced…

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Artificial light severely disruptions feeding, breeding and communication among wildlife. Travis Longcore, associate adjunct professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been working on the impact of artificial…

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A New York lawmaker is kicking off 2020 by proposing the Empire State switch time zones.  One of the bill’s Twitter challengers is Travis Longcore, an adjunct professor at UCLA…

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Koslov is working on a book about Staten Island communities that rejected the rebuilding narrative. She recalls the first community meeting she attended in the borough, a few months after…

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A study led by evolutionary biologist Victoria Sork examines whether the trees being replanted in the wake of California’s fires will be able to survive a climate that is continuing…

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America’s most populous state has reduced its carbon output to 1990 levels. Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, IoES professor and UCLA Law professor in residence, led…

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Victoria Sork, a plant evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her colleagues have found that there is already a mismatch between ecosystems and their foundational species. 

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University of California, Los Angeles geography professor Glen MacDonald added that higher temperatures also contribute to a longer fire season. “Particularly in Southeastern Australia, that’s definitely been part of it,”…

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“There has been an assumption that the main thing we have to contend with climate change is increased temperatures, decreased snowpack, increased wildfire risk” on the West Coast, said Daniel…

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“Imagine a 90s-era disaster movie in which NASA scientists warn that there’s a giant asteroid headed for Earth,” Swain told Earther. “Except, instead of conscripting Bruce Willis to go blow…

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Climate change simulations for California show more precipitation in wet years and deeper droughts in dry years, Hall said. And according to the models, he added, we are just now…

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Holly Jean Buck, a fellow at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, wants to bust up the misconceptions that plague how we talk about geoengineering. As Buck…

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Gregory Okin, PhD, a University of California Los Angeles geographer, estimated the amount of greenhouse gases associated with meat eaten by U.S. pet dogs and cats. In 2017, PLoS ONE published…