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Peter Kareiva to join panel at Aquarium of the Pacific

There’s been a growing excitement around the opening of Pacific Visions, the Aquarium of the Pacific’s first major expansion, which will be officially unveiled on Memorial Day weekend. This Thursday,…

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Daniel Swain on KCRW: LA sees weird weather this May

It was Bike to Work Day in LA, but the weather gods had other ideas. A storm came through this morning, which is pretty unusual for Southern California in the…

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Daniel Swain in New York Times: Atmospheric Rivers Are Back. That’s Not a Bad Thing.

Remember atmospheric rivers? Earlier this year, they hit California’s collective consciousness in a big way, as the state reeled from the catastrophic flooding, mudslides and pounding rain they brought with…

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Luciana Alves in Nature: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

Luciana Alves co-authored (through the GFBI consortium) a paper led by Brian Steidinger (Stanford) that hit Nature’s front cover.  They present a global map of the symbiotic status of the world’s…

luciana alves in nature: climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

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Dan Blumstein in Science: Fear the cats! Bold project teaches endangered Australian animals to avoid deadly predator

For nearly 5 years, Katherine Moseby, Michael Letnic at UNSW and Daniel Blumstein at the University of California, Los Angeles, have been placing bilbies and another threatened species into large fenced…

dan blumstein in science: fear the cats! bold project teaches endangered australian animals to avoid deadly predator

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Tom Smith & Congo Basin Institute in Forbes: Sustainable Guitars – Giving Back To The Trees And Communities That Helped Create Music

Tom Smith, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, has research interests in evolutionary biology and conservation. Smith has worked in Cameroon for more than 30 years seeking win-wins…

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Monica Smith on WNYC

Monica L. Smith, professor of anthropology at UCLA, talks about her book, Cities: The First 6,000 Years.

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New study evaluates potential for ocean farming

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have just published one of the first comprehensive global evaluations of the potential for sustainable aquaculture under current governance, policy and…

will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? ucla study evaluates its potential

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Daniel Swain in SF Gate: Unusual mid-May rain in the forecast for the Bay Area

“Some fairly unusual mid-May precipitation expected across a big chunk of the Western U.S., including California!” tweeted Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA. “Unsettled pattern may continue for 10+…

daniel swain in sf gate, high-pressure ridge settled along coast keeping california dry

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UCLA student Alex Arnold selected for the President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership

Alex Arnold, a Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Fellow and a grad student in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been selected for the President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.…

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Students reduce carbon footprints after studying food system’s environmental impact

A UCLA-led study published in the journal Climatic Change found that college students who learned more about the environmental impact of their food choices made dietary changes that are better for…

final details and surveying action

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Tom Smith on CBS This Morning News: UN Biodiversity report

UCLA’s Tom Smith spoke with CBS about a new United Nations report that says nature is essential for our existence and a good quality of life, but point to a…

rainforest biodiversity and speciation

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Monica Smith on KJZZ 91.5

Monica Smith, a professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, argues that many of the fundamentals of cities themselves are basically the same as they were several thousand years…

the american scholar: five questions about the future of cities

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The American Scholar: Five questions about the future of cities

Monica L. Smith, a professor of anthropology at UCLA, specializes in the history of cities with a focus on ancient urban development on the Indian subcontinent. She is the author…

the american scholar: five questions about the future of cities

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Monica L Smith on Life Elsewhere 88.5 WMNF

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and it’s predicted that by 2030, 60% of the population of China, 87% of Americans, and 92% in the United…

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J.R. DeShazo on KCRW-FM: California’s green energy policy has generated thousands of jobs

“The state has, in what I tend to call the second wave of climate policies, gone back through and integrated a social justice or environmental equity component in almost every…

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Congo Basin Institute in Guitar World: Taylor Guitars Makes History with Largest Recorded Planting of West African Ebony Trees

In 2016, Taylor partnered with the Congo Basin Institute to learn more about ebony ecology. The collaboration took form as The Ebony Project and has since produced groundbreaking research, providing…

sustainable ebony production in the congo basin

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“Cities: The First 6,000 Years” By Monica Smith

Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and it’s predicted that by 2030, 60% of the population in China, 87% of Americans, and 92% of residents…

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UCLA’s J.R. DeShazo part of a new independent committee focused on U.S. environmental policy

J.R. DeShazo named an inaugural member of the executive committee of the new research entity. Academic experts have formed an independent committee to advise U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies after…

kavanaugh pick threatens epa policies, ferc authority, lawyers say

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Allison Carruth in Daily Bruin: Inner Peas: What does ‘organic’ really mean? A look into its social, environmental impact

Allison Carruth, a faculty member in the English department and the Institute for Society and Genetics, said the most prominent data surrounding the harmful effects of toxic chemicals used in…

allison carruth in daily bruin: inner peas: what does ‘organic’ really mean? a look into its social, environmental impact

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Holly Jean Buck in MIT Technology Review: The desperate race to cool the ocean before it’s too late

Holly Jean Buck is a fellow at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. This article is an adapted excerpt from her upcoming book After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and…

holly jean buck in mit technology review: the desperate race to cool the ocean before it’s too late

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Jennifer Jay in Saving the West podcast: Urban meats rural

“One thing is clear–we’ve only got this one planet. So we’ve gotta take care of her. And while we figure it out, we’ve all gotta eat. But what’s the best diet,…

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Michael Ross in Stears Business: Nigeria’s oil curse perpetuates patriarchy

It is well known that oil can be a curse rather than a blessing to resource-rich countries. However, one key aspect omitted from the discussion is how it affects gender rights…

michael ross in stears business: nigeria’s oil curse perpetuates patriarchy

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David Colgan for phys.org: Will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? Study evaluates its potential

In a study published in the journal Marine Policy, UCLA researchers report that they have conducted the first country-by-country evaluation of the potential for marine aquaculture under current governance, policy…

will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? ucla study evaluates its potential

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Deepak Rajagopal in Wall Street Journal: Forget Tide Pods. P&G Bets Water-Free Soap ‘Swatches’ Are the Future.

The amount of water used in the production of soaps and detergents represents a fraction of water consumed in the process of using the products. To substantially reduce water use,…

deepak rajagopal in wall street journal: forget tide pods. p&g bets water-free soap ‘swatches’ are the future.