IoES in the News

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IoES Faculty and Co-Directors of Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law Ann Carlson and Sean Hecht weigh in on Chevron’s desire to have…

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Daniel Swain, IoES Climate Scientist, informed the Santa Cruz Sentinel that, “February is the peak season for snow accumulation… Every week that we don’t reverse this trend from here forward,…

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“This year it’s going to be pretty stark… There’s not going to be a lot of snow on the ground,” according to Daniel Swain, IoES climate scientist to Inside Climate…

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“We do anticipate changes in precipitation, but even if we didn’t have any changes in precipitation, there would still be a big impact on snowpack due to warming,” Alex Hall, director…

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NPR’s All Things Considered discussed a study co-authored by IoES Environmental Economics Professor Alan Barreca that found cases of influenza deaths among those age 65+ increase by 18% when their team…

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The Daily Bruin covered the IoES’s Center for Diverse Science in Leadership’s inaugural event where scientists from diverse backgrounds spoke about their research and experiences in academia. 

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“In the last 10 or 15 years, the snowline had been marching up the mountains pretty quickly… Unfortunately, that’s the reality. It’s one of the most obvious impacts of global…

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The Daily Bruin featured a story on the Bird Genoscape Project study that showed how climate change may be leading to a decline in the North American yellow warbler population.

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The Verge featured IoES Director Peter Kareiva and researcher Valerie Carranza’s study- “Existential risk due to ecosystem collapse: Nature strikes back,” highlighting major environmental concepts that are pertinent to apocalyptic events…

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Yubanet.com referenced Alex Hall and Neil Berg’s research on the projected temperature increase of the Sierra Nevada in their article.

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UCLA biologist Daniel T. Blumstein and his colleague found that social marmots tended to die younger; as featured in the NY Times.

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Will the investment in eco-certification for your vineyard pay off? “Environmentally conscious millennials may select green wines at modest prices, yet high end consumers still perceive organic wines as lower…

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William Zou, IoES student and staff member featured Mark Gold, IoES’s associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability in his Daily Bruin column. “As an MWD director, I was pretty…

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Learn about how Kevin Njabo’s journey as a conservation biologist led him to work as a director of the Congo Basin Institute, a UCLA project in Cameroon that works with…

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International Business Times highlighted the Center for Tropical Science’s recent study in the genetic mapping of birds in relation to climate change.

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“These efforts might help identify regions where multiple species are vulnerable, hinting at hotspots that might be particularly beneficial for conservation.” The American Association for the Advancement of Science featured…

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“A migratory bird can predict its own future, and this crystal ball-like indicator can be found in its genes.” PBS Newshour publicized the findings in the Center for Tropical Research’s…

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“We’re learning that the pollution you breathe comes down to where you are, when you’re there and what the traffic is like,” said Suzanne Paulson, IoES faculty member, to the…

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Juliana v. United States involves 21 teenagers charging the government for its inadequate climate policy. “It would be extraordinary for a judge to take the step of holding the U.S. government…

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“Are there engineering solutions? To a certain degree, there are, certainly, in terms of the building materials that you use, the defensible space around houses both in suburbs and in…

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89.3 KPCC interviewed IoES’s Daniel Swain and Daniel Walton- climate scientsts who observed that 2017 was the year of extremes, consistent with the direction that climate scientists say we are…

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“We hope to track global trends in the abundance of giant kelp forests and identify regions that have experienced significant declines in kelp,” according to Kyle Cavanaugh— geography professor and IoES…

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The LA Times consulted with climate scientist Daniel Swain regarding the cause of massive wildfires from dry autumns, a symptom of climate change. 

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The Atlantic consulted with Daniel Swain, climate scientist, about a ridge formation that may keep the east coast cool while the west coast burns. 

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“I see the economic incentives for doing this… But it’s kind of stupid, because we all know we will pay for it with long-term health effects,” Beate Ritz, UCLA environmental epidemiologist,…