KQED
A new study showed with increased frequency of extreme weather events in California, Daniel Swain, the study’s lead author and IoES post-doctoral scholar, told KQED that, “I can definitely attest…
Featured Faculty: David Neelin and Alex Hall
Featured: Daniel Swain
News Deeply
News Deeply featured one of this year’s Environmental Science B.S. senior practicum projects, Turning the Tides: Santa Monica Bay Ocean Acidification Project, and their work with the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundationresearching how…
Daily Bruin
IoES faculty member and Ursula Heise spoke with the UCLA Daily Bruin about how outbreak narratives could leave younger generations with an unrealistically bleak outlook on life.
Featured Faculty: Ursula K. Heise
The Sacramento Bee
“We have a history of the auto industry declaring how difficult it is to comply with regulations… Inevitably, it costs less than they say and they’re capable of making changes.…
Featured: Sean Hecht
Daily Bruin
The Daily Bruin highlighted IoES faculty member Daniel Blumstein’s as head of the Marmot Project of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.
Featured Faculty: Daniel Blumstein
Los Angeles Times
The LA Times featured an article highlighting a UCLA Grand Challenges study that suggested if the city meets its goal of capturing run-off and treated water, the LA River may…
Los Angeles Times
“We see larger cars getting more fuel efficient and regular combustion engines getting more fuel efficient. I don’t think that happens without government regulations,” said IoES faculty member/ UCLA Law…
Featured Faculty: Ann Carlson
News Deeply
“At the end of February things were not looking so great, things were extremely dry throughout the state… The whole winter had been very warm, in some place the warmest…
Featured: Daniel Swain
Los Angeles Times
“We’re going to lose a lot of snow to climate change. Equally worrisome, California’s water infrastructure is not resilient enough to make up for the loss.” Alex Hall & Katharine…
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
Featured: Katharine Davis Reich
Jon Christensen published an Op-Ed in La Opinión that discussed gentrification as a result of the revitalization of the LA River.
Featured Faculty: Jon Christensen
Los Angeles Times
Ann Carlson, UCLA Law professor and IoES faculty member told the LA Times that, “Given the work that needs to be done to bring the transportation sector along and the…
Featured Faculty: Ann Carlson
The Verge
Why do only 45% of Americans think that global warming will pose a serious threat in their lifetime when climate change is already affecting the world? What can be done…
Featured Faculty: Magali (Maggie) Delmas
Vox
Vox included a statement by Ann Carlson, UCLA Law professor and IoES faculty member stating evidence connecting heat waves and flooding to fossil fuel burning is more robust today.
Featured Faculty: Ann Carlson
News Deeply
NewsDeeply discussed a UCLA report co-authored by IoES faculty, challenging the city to think bigger about local water sourcing plans and stating that 100% local water is possible.
Featured: Mark Gold, Erik Porse and Terri Hogue
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter featured a story about the March 22nd IoES Sea CO2 Change Gala held at the Pritzker residence. The piece included quotes from board members and honorees (Van…
Wired
WIRED spoke with IoES climate scientist, Daniel Swain, about atmospheric rivers and the effects of climate change on extreme weather events.
Featured: Daniel Swain
Variety
Variety published an article highlighting the 2018 UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Sea CO2 Change Gala featuring honorees Van Jones, Keely Shaye Brosnan and Pierce Brosnan and other…
Premier Gazette highlighted Producer Lawrence Bender’s compassion for the environment and his work as Co-Chair of the 2018 UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Sea CO2 Change Gala.
Featured: Lawrence Bender
“It is worth noting that the majority of major historical flood events in California have been the result of a slow-moving or stalled atmospheric river,” explained IoES climate scientist, Daniel…
Featured: Daniel Swain
Los Angeles Times
Is the atmospheric river bad? The LA Times included a quote from UCLA IoES climate scientist Daniel Swain to answer their question: “This storm concerns me at least as much…
KPCC
When asked how important localized rain is for local water districts, KPCC referenced Mark Gold quote from 2017: “you see all the water that ends up going through the L.A.…
Featured: Mark Gold
Lady Freethinker referenced a study completed by IoES faculty member Gregory Okin that found, “meat consumption by cats and dogs creates about 64 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which…
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times quoted IoES climate scientist Daniel Swain, describing the approaching storm as Southern California’s, “strongest storm of the year.”
Featured: Daniel Swain
The Desert Sun
“The storm is going to pick up all that moisture in this atmospheric river and wring it out right on the Central Coast and most of Southern California,” said IoES…
Featured: Daniel Swain