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Phys.org: Florida mangroves reveal complex relationship between climate and natural systems
A new study led by UCLA’s Kyle Cavanaugh of how Florida’s mangroves and salt marshes are affected by changes in climate, both man-made and natural, illustrates the complex interplay between…
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Daniel Swain in Wired: Power Shutoffs Can’t Save California From Wildfire Hell
As the winds move over the Sierra Nevada in eastern California, they flow like water over rocks in a stream, compressing and warming. Slicing through valleys, the winds gather more…
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Daniel Swain in National Geographic: How climate change primed California’s power shutdown
Over the past century, California has warmed by about 3 degrees Fahrenheit, more than the global average of about one degree Fahrenheit. Hotter air draws water out of plants and…
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Stephanie Pincetl in ABC News: How the California power outages reduce wildfire risk: What you need to know
“PG&E right now is very gun-shy of taking any risks”and doesn’t “want to be liable if something goes wrong,” said Stephanie Pincetl, a professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment…
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Stephanie Pincetl in KMBZ: How the California power outages reduce wildfire risk: What you need to know
“PG&E right now is very gun-shy of taking any risks” and doesn’t “want to be liable if something goes wrong,” said Stephanie Pincetl, a professor at UCLA’s Institute of the…
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Kyle Cavanaugh in UCLA Newsroom: Florida mangroves reveal complex relationship between climate and natural systems
A new study led by UCLA’s Kyle Cavanaugh of how Florida’s mangroves and salt marshes are affected by changes in climate, both man-made and natural, illustrates the complex interplay between…
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Daniel Swain in PBS: Millions are out of power in California, but were the PG&E shutoffs necessary?
Propelling this drying-out process are the Diablo and Santa Ana winds, which start east of California. Autumn is the start of cold, low-pressure storms over the Great Basin, several thousand…
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Daniel Swain in Phys.org: California turns off power to millions to prevent wildfires
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA in Los Angeles, tweeted that the power shutoffs were “a necessary bad idea in the short term” that shifts the financial costs from…
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Daniel Swain in Wired: A Mass Power Outage, Twitter’s Data Misuse, and More News
On Wednesday night, PG&E started shuting off power for hundreds of thousands of California residents in an effort to prevent wildfires during a high-wind period. Though this may be necessary…
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Blaire Van Valkenburgh in Explore Big Sky:Yellowstone wolf teeth lead to extinction theory
Inside the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center is a collection of 160 skulls of adult Yellowstone wolves. By examining the skulls, along with other collections from around the country and…
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Liz Koslov on NPR: Koslov on FEMA Buyouts of Flood-Prone Properties
Assistant professor of urban planning Liz Koslov spoke to NPR about Federal Emergency Management Agency buyouts of flood-prone properties. FEMA subsidizes the cost for local governments to buy out homes…
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IoES students in Daily Bruin: Student-led study finds drones can determine if ships are skirting pollution laws
A UCLA student-led study found that drones can be used to determine whether ships are following pollution regulations. The drones could help enforce air pollution requirements by examining ships’ emissions…
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Dan Blumstein in Daily Bruin: UCLA community weighs in on benefits of UC’s recent fossil fuel divestment
Daniel Blumstein, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, said he supports the UC’s decision to divest from fossil fuels. He added he thinks while financial reasons are important in…
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Blaire Van Valkenburgh in Lewiston Tribune: Yellowstone wolf teeth lead to extinction theory
Inside the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center is a collection of 160 skulls of adult Yellowstone wolves. By examining the skulls, along with other collections from around the country and…
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Pritzker 2018 winner Miranda Wang and Pritzker 2019 finalist Hindou Ibrahim in India Times: 16 Women Fighting Climate Change
Miranda Wang is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of BioCellection, that’s converting plastic waste into valuable industrial chemicals used in the making of familiar products like cars, electronic goods, textiles…
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Blaire Van Valkenburgh in The Bulletin: Broken Yellowstone wolf teeth reveal a theory about ice age extinctions
This may be a tale that only dentists can appreciate, but the teeth of dead Yellowstone wolves are helping scientists understand the life of predators more than 11,000 years ago.…
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Daniel Swain in Mashable: The fall heat wave was gnarly
Temperature records toppled, and some were smashed, over a vast region of the U.S. this past fall week, including record October highs in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Newark, Raleigh, Nashville, New…
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Susanna Hecht in Daily Bruin: Amazon fires product of environmental policy abuses, UCLA experts explain
Fires have been burning in the Amazon Basin since August, eliciting international attention. The spotlight has been focused particularly on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his potential role in encouraging…
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Edith de Guzman in Bloomberg — The Problem With ‘Cool Pavements’: They Make People Hot
A tool to help solve the problem of urban heat islands could have an unwelcome side effect, new research in L.A. finds. From a managerial perspective, cool pavements offer plenty…
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Stephanie Pincetl in the Daily Bruin: UCLA’s carbon neutral goals would be nice – if it could actually commit to them
Katz has said earlier in the year that if UCLA cannot transition to renewable energy, it will pursue the purchase of carbon offsets, which allow buyers to offset their emissions…
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Blaire Van Valkenburgh in Montana Standard: Broken Yellowstone wolf teeth reveal theory about ice age extinctions
This may be a tale that only dentists can appreciate, but the teeth of dead Yellowstone wolves are helping scientists understand the life of predators more than 11,000 years ago.…
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Research by Gregory Okin quoted in Greenwich Time: Biotech Startups Pounce on Cultured Pet Food
Pet owners spend $32.7 billion every year feeding their animals, but exactly what are they feeding them, and at what true cost? Environmental damage, unsafe ingredients and horrific production practices are standard in…
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Ann Carlson in IJR: Trump EPA Says California Must Protect Water Better From Homeless Waste
The Trump administration’s environmental regulator escalated its feud with California on Thursday, accusing the state of violating clean water laws by allowing human waste from homeless residents to enter waterways,…
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Jon Christensen in Capitol Weekly: Parks are a public health solution waiting on our doorstep
It’s time to shift the conversation around parks in California. New data is illuminating the need to look at state parks in communities a bit differently. Rather than measuring their…
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Liz Koslov in Daily Bruin: Youth and social media fuel movement demanding action to fight climate change
Organizations like the Environmentalists of Color Collective at UCLA have been working to oppose and solve environmental issues long before the strikes. Liz Koslov, an assistant professor of urban planning…