IoES in the News
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Deepak Rajagopal in UCLA Newsroom: To accelerate environmental benefits of EVs, prioritize miles over ownership
In an article in Environmental Research Letters, UCLA associate professor Deepak Rajagopal and Amol Phadke of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories argue that, despite fast-growing demand, the potential of battery-powered electric vehicles…
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Dr. Michael Stenstrom awarded Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal
The Fair Medal recognizes accomplishments in the education and development of future engineers. This award honors Gordon Maskew Fair, a professor of sanitary engineering at Harvard University. This year’s recipient,…
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Daniel Swain in InsideClimate News: What Does ’12 Years to Act on Climate Change’ (Now 11 Years) Really Mean?
Despite the rising risks, it’s important to understand that, “in the physical climate system, there are no scientists claiming that there is a magical threshold that we breach or don’t…
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Liz Koslov in NY Times: How to Rebound After a Disaster: Move, Don’t Rebuild, Research Suggests
“I’m so glad that these kinds of pieces are getting written and that they’re laying out this sort of agenda for research and practice and thinking around these like very…
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Daniel Swain in LA Times: Could a hurricane lash Los Angeles? 80 years ago, this deadly storm came close
The heat wave and the tropical storm were probably related. As Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, says, the storm not only broke the heat wave, it also played…
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Bradley Shaffer in Berkeley News: How red-eared invaders are hurting California’s native turtles
Red-eared sliders are the most commonly traded pet turtles in the world, but are often released into the wild by disgruntled owners when they get too big to handle. Thanks…
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PhD candidate Edith de Guzman in The Guardian: Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat
Creamy asphalt sealant lowers the surface temperature of a road roughly 10F. But the shade from a mature, leafy tree can provide more like 40-50F (22-28C) of cooling power, on…
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Yifang Zhu in Time Magazine: How to Avoid Vehicle Pollution When You’re Stuck in Traffic
Most non-electric motor vehicles emit multiple airborne pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, hydrocarbons, and ultrafine chemical particles. Breathing in these pollutants can cause or contribute to a wide range of health problems, from…
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Jon Christensen in Washington Post: Two mass killings a world apart share a common theme: ‘ecofascism’
There is a danger of “apocalypticism,” said Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of California at Los Angeles who has written extensively on the use and misuse…
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in Landscape News: Why land tenure must be at the center of climate talks
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 2019 Pritzker candidate, was quoted in Landscape News about legal recognition for Indigenous peoples and local communities. Offering a response to this research was Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim,…
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UCLA Newsroom: Professor wins award for book on ‘green’ products
Magali Delmas, an environmental economist and professor in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and her co-author David Colgan, have recently won the 2019 Organizations and the Natural…
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Eco Watch: Lightning Surprises Near North Pole With 48 Strikes
“It has been an extraordinary year and an extraordinary summer in the far north,” University of California, Los Angeles climate scientist Daniel Swain told National Geographic.
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Rome News Tribute: As California’s recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt
Even during the days when China absorbed the bulk of American recyclables, much of what they purchased wasn’t actually recycled. After more desirable materials were gleaned, some of it was…
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University of California news: UCLA to lead $10 million California conservation project
UCLA scientists are leading a $10 million project to help California officials make ecologically wise decisions as the state continues to confront the effects of climate change. The California Conservation Genomics…
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Daniel Swain in National Geographic: Lightning struck near the North Pole 48 times. Here’s why it’s not normal.
“It has been an extraordinary year and an extraordinary summer in the far north,” says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. Lightning in the…
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Daniel Swain in Smithsonian Mag: Rare Lightning Strikes Detected 300 Miles From North Pole
It’s an indication that things are changing rapidly in the Arctic, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain tells Matt Simon at Wired. He explains that typically convective storm clouds need to…
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Daniel Swain in Wired: Why Lightning Strikes In An Arctic Gone Bizarro
“It’s this stable layer in the atmosphere that acts essentially as a lid on these convective clouds,” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. One of these convective clouds needs to…
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David Colgan in LA Times: As California’s recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt
Even during the days when China absorbed the bulk of American recyclables, much of what they purchased wasn’t actually recycled. After more desirable materials were gleaned, some of it was…
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Travis Longcore in Wall Street Journal: Surf’s Up in the California Desert as Wave-Pool Attractions Grow
In the long-term, it’s not sustainable,” said Dr. Travis Longcore, an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
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UCLA’s Brad Shaffer on CBS News Los Angeles
Dr. Bradley Shaffer from UCLA talks $10 million California conservation project.
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2019 Pritzker Candidate, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, in Reuters: Indigenous and women’s rights can boost climate fight – U.N.
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, said women in her largely desert nation were not allowed to own land but were confined…
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UCLA’s Ann Carlson Op-Ed: Why Big Oil fears being put on trial for climate change
Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law and faculty co-director of the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.…
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Magali Delmas & David Colgan win 2019 ONE Division Book Award for The Green Bundle
On August 12 in Boston, Magali Delmas and David Colgan were awarded the 2019 ONE Division Book Award for The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet. The Organizations…
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UCLA’s Cassie Rauser talks to KCRW about the LA County Sustainability Plan
The LA County Board of Supervisors approved a new sustainability plan this week, affecting the 88 individual cities and the 10 million people living in the county. The plan includes…
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Board co chair Lawrence Bender in Polo De’Marco magazine
UCLA IoES board co chair, Lawrence Bender, is featured in Polo De’Marco magazine. He talks about his work at UCLA and beyond.
