According to Chicoer News, some people are comparing the situation to the, “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge,” of high pressure that induced CA drought (coined by climate scientist Daniel Swain) but it is…
Featured: Daniel Swain
Los Angeles Times
Climate scientist Daniel Swain spoke with the LA Times about the low relative humidity, combined with the Santa Ana winds, has caused massive wildfires in Southern California.
Featured: Daniel Swain
Climate scientists Daniel Swain and Alex Hall spoke with 89.3 KPCC regarding whether there was a connection between climate change, the California wildfires, and the Santa Ana winds.
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
Featured: Daniel Swain
EcoWatch
“‘There’s a clear climate signal in these fires because of the drought conditions connected to climate change,’ Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, told InsideClimate News.”
Featured: Daniel Swain
Michael Jerrett, chair of UCLA’s Environmental Health Science department, and Yifang Zhu, environmental health sciences professor, spoke with Seattle’s King5 news about Los Angeles’s decreased air quality after the Santa…
Featured Faculty: Yifang Zhu
Featured: Michael Jerrett
CBS San Francisco
From floods to wildfires, “it’s been a year of extreme contrast in California,” informed Daniel Swain, as reported by CBS SF Bay Area.
Featured: Daniel Swain
KPCC
89.3 KPCC referenced a 2015 study led by UC scientists, including Alex Hall, that found Santa Ana fires spread three times quicker than other wildfires in CA and consulted with…
Featured Faculty: Glen MacDonald and Alex Hall
NPR
Delayed rainy seasons, record setting warm summers, increasingly frequent high pressure system, and more. NPR consulted with climate scientist Daniel Swain about why fires are becoming a new norm in…
Featured: Daniel Swain
Vox
“‘The sky is orange, you can smell the smoke, and you know people are losing their homes,’ said University of California Los Angeles environmental scientist Glen MacDonald. ‘It really shows…
Featured Faculty: Glen MacDonald
Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News asked Daniel Swain about the climate connection to the Southern Californian wildfires. “There’s a clear climate signal in these fires because of the drought conditions connected to…
Featured: Daniel Swain
Science
IoES’ Allison Carruth, Daniel Swain, and Alex Hall are featured in Science magazine’s article on the wicked wind of the West- the Santa Ana winds that have caused massive damage…
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
Featured: Daniel Swain
Mongabay
“. . . you almost never see a statistical significance that strong. It was compelling,” stated Trevon Fuller, assistant adjunct professor at the Center for Tropical Research to Mongabay in…
Featured: Trevon Fuller and Kevin Njabo
The Mercury News
The Mercury News consulted with IoES post-doctoral scholar/ climate scientist Daniel Swain about about the, “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” of high pressure that causes droughts and how it affects the weather…
News Deeply
Water Deeply spoke with IoES faculty member/ UCLA engineering professor and director of the school’s Water Technology Research Center, Yoram Cohen.
Featured Faculty: Yoram Cohen
SFGATE
“The big question mark and the potential big difference is, just how long does this persist? . . . Unless it persists really though the winter, it’s not quite as…
Featured: Daniel Swain
Inside Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy featured an article about the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, hosted by IoES and funded as part of a $20 million gift to UCLA from the Anthony and Jeanne…
Featured 2017 Pritzker Award Winner: Dan Hammer
“I try to connect the research and education that I do on the environment, climate change and earth science to social justice and to the quest to create a much…
Featured Faculty: Aradhna Tripati
KPCC
“Just by waiting and choosing the standard shipping option,” says Christensen, “you could reduce your carbon footprint dramatically.” 89.3 KPCC’s Take Two segment consulted with IoES faculty member Jon Christensen…
Featured Faculty: Jon Christensen
Los Angeles Times
The LA Times featured Alex Hall (IoES faculty member) and a reference to a study where he helped mapped Santa Ana wind corridors.
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
UCLA Newsroom
IoES researchers Trevon Fuller, Ryan Harrigan, and Thomas Smith found that Zika and Chikungunya outbreaks generally occur three weeks after heavy rainfall. This study can help health officials prepare for…
Featured Faculty: Ryan Harrigan and Thomas Smith
Featured: Trevon Fuller
91.5 KJZZ spoke with Cara Horowitz, Co-Director of the UCLA Environmental Law Clinic and IoES faculty member about the climate change talks in Bonn, Germany.
Featured Faculty: Cara Horowitz
Los Angeles Times
The LA Times consulted with Sean Hecht, an IoES faculty member, in regards to a ruling that found paint manufacturers responsible for lead paint health hazards- which could affect climate…
Featured: Sean Hecht
The Sacramento Bee
When the snow disappears, California will lose what for decades has acted as a natural storage system. Alex Hall, a UCLA professor whose research focuses on reducing uncertainties associated with climate change, said there is mounting evidence that the pattern of long droughts followed by big wet years will become more exaggerated.
Featured Faculty: Alex Hall
KPCC
89.3 KPCC discussed a UCLA study authored by IoES faculty member Suzanne Paulson and affiliated faculty J.R. DeShazo that found moving bus stops further from vehicle stops and accelerations at intersections can…
Featured Faculty: Suzanne Paulson
Featured: J.R. DeShazo