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Emily Lindsey for New York Times — Ancient Fires Drove Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests
UCLA adjunct professor Emily Lindsey discusses the new study she authored for New York Times. The study reveals Southern California’s large mammals did not go extinct due to overhunting —…
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Daniel Swain for Forbes — Startups Think They Can Beat Wildfires, But Insurance Companies Aren’t Buying It Yet
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the Maui wildfire and conventional firefighting tactics for Forbes.
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Daniel Swain for ABC News — Why climate change can’t be blamed entirely for the Maui wildfires
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the complex weather and environmental causes behind the deadly Maui wildfires for ABC News. “We should not look to the Maui wildfires as a…
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Daniel Swain for the Hill — Maui fires suggest dangerous new phase for disasters
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the conditions that led to the devastating wildfire in Maui — the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century — for the Hill.…
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Daniel Swain for the Wall Street Journal — Why Are the Maui Wildfires So Devastating?
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the conditions that caused the massive and deadly wildfires that swept through Maui for the Wall Street Journal. “A confluence of powerful downslope winds…
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Brad Shaffer for KQED — ‘Moonshot for Biology’ Aims to Sequence a Genome of Every Type of Plant and Animal on Earth
Director of UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Brad Shaffer discusses how scientists are racing against time to create a global…
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Daniel Swain for Los Angeles Times —
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the conditions that fueled the most devastating wildfire in Hawaii in over a century for LA times. “The fires that we’re seeing are on…
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Stephanie Pincetl authors Los Angeles Times opinion piece — Opinion: How wildfires in Algeria and California reveal colonial origins of the ‘Mediterranean climate’
In her LA Times op-ed, UCLA Professor Stephanie Pincetl highlights recent underreported wildfires in Algeria, contrasting them with prominent blazes in Greece and Italy, all sharing a Mediterranean climate. Pincetl…
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Glen MacDonald for Los Angeles Times —As Mojave Desert burns, we’re seeing the flip side of California’s weird weather year
UCLA climate scientist Glen MacDonald reveals why California needs a new perspective on wildfires for Los Angeles Times. ”We have to live with fire,” says MacDonald. “We’re never going to…
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Benjamin Bass for NBC News — Colorado River Basin has lost 10 trillions gallons of water due to climate change: Study
UCLA atmospheric & oceanic scientist Benjamin Bass discusses a new study confirms that the vital Colorado River Basin has lost 10 trillion gallons of water over a period of 21…
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Daniel Swain for Phys.org — York fire in Mojave Desert along California-Nevada border balloons to 77,000 acres
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses 2023 climate patterns and fire season for Phys.org. “Big fires in the desert are entirely consistent with the fire season outlook for 2023,” said…
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Meet the 2023 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award Candidates #15-18
The final group of candidates for the 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award includes a green architect, a conservationist, a clean energy leader and an ocean conservation advocate.
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Marilyn Raphael for New York Times — Antarctic Sea Ice Is at a ‘Very Concerning’ Record Low
UCLA IoES director Marilyn Raphael discusses historic and current sea ice levels for New York Times, explaining that this year’s Antarctic sea ice extent “is very, very concerning” and “is…
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Daniel Swain for the Los Angeles Times — The Mojave Desert is burning in California’s biggest fire of year, torching Joshua trees
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the 2023 wildfire season in California for the Los Angeles Times, explaining that this year’s climate provided a “more continuous fuel bed” and that…
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Daniel Swain for the New York Times — California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Sweeps Across the Mojave
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses the 2023 wildfire season in California for the New York Times, explaining that “given [we had] an exceptionally wet winter and cool spring, larger…
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Meet the 2023 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award Candidates #11-14
The third group of candidates for the 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award includes a marine biologist, an Indigenous activist, a nuclear arms control expert and a leopard conservationist.
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Daniel Swain for New York Times — Heat Records Are Falling Worldwide, but Most Californians Have Been Spared
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses rising temperatures for the New York Times, stating that California is “one of the only locales in the entire world, in fact, that has…
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Glen MacDonald for California City News — STUDY: 90% OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IGNITED BY HUMANS
UCLA professor and lead author quoted by California City News regarding his recent study conducted on wildfires and their causes. “It could be from anything like someone throwing a cigarette…
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Deepak Rajagopal for PR Newswire — UCLA Study Highlights Smart Cups’ Revolutionary Technology Reducing Environmental Impact of Liquid Consumer Products
UCLA Associate Professor Deepak Rajagopal discusses his new study titled “Reducing life cycle material, energy and emissions for liquid consumer products through printing” for PR Newswire. “The technology that Smart…
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Meet the 2023 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award Candidates #6-10
The second group of candidates for the 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award includes community equity advocates, a sustainable solar innovator, an activist filmmaker, a conservation leader and a wildlife lawyer.
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Travis Longcore for KMVT — Light Pollution Monitoring in Central Idaho
KMVT explores how Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore and his students are helping preserve the night sky by monitoring light pollution in Central Idaho. “So, the first student group, because of…
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Glen MacDonald for KTLA — Humans to blame for about 90% of wildfire ignitions, report finds
“In the state of California, if you look at wildfires, well over 90% of the ignition source has been tracked back to humans. It could be from anything like someone…
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Daniel Swain for Yahoo Finance — Extreme Heat, Weather Conditions Attributed to Stagnant Jet Stream
“Once you get extremely warm oceans, it is easier to maintain heat waves” as more humidity gets unleashed, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California Los…
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Daniel Blumstein for Yahoo News — Ever see a squirrel or other animal do this pose? Here’s what it means
Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Daniel Blumstein informs Yahoo News on the reason behind certain squirrel and animal poses. “Many mammals have less fur on their bellies compared to…
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Daniel Swain for USA Today — Summers are always hot. Here’s how we know climate change is making summer 2023 hotter.
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses recent record-breaking heat for USA Today. “But we’re starting to see the long-term, human-caused warming signal overwhelming that volatility. At this point, there aren’t…
