KPCC
KPCC-FM’s “Take Two”: Why Oroville crisis affects Southern California
“What we really need to do as soon as possible is to do a vulnerability assessment of really all our water infrastructure in the state of California,” said UCLA’s Mark…
IoES in the News
Bloomberg
Why America’s tallest dam is suddenly in danger
“Drought usually ends in flood in this part of the world,” said Daniel Swain, a University of California, Los Angeles climate scientist, “because that’s what it takes to end them.”
Los Angeles Times
Oroville Dam dangers remain as new storm approaches
“The Friday storm in particular could in fact become the strongest of the season in the Los Angeles region,” said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.
The Christian Science Monitor
An Oroville message: As climate shifts, so will water strategies
Precipitation in the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range is 220 percent above normal this winter, making it the wettest on record. But snowpack is just 145 percent above normal, falling…
The New Yorker
L.A.’s mountain lions: dangerous predators or celebrity guests?
The mountain-lion population in the Santa Monica Mountains is in danger of entering an extinction vortex, a downward spiral in which everything starts to fail. “Without our assistance, the Santa…
Orange County Register
Some can’t afford beach visits; legislators seek change
“There are historically patterns of visitation and discrimination … where people feel they’re welcome (at some beaches) and where they might not feel as welcome (at others),” said Jon Christensen,…
E&E News
Energywire: Where does Trump’s Supreme Court nominee stand on the environment
UCLA School of Law professor Ann Carlson wrote in a blog post last night that Gorsuch’s position, if other justices adopt it, would make environmental protection more difficult.
The Washington Post
Scientists love how ‘silly’ Groundhog Day is
Science is what I do. I’m thrilled and inspired by being able to spend my days uncovering the secrets that hide in plain sight around us, and to use my…
KPCC
KPCC-FM: Is California climate law worsening pollution in communities of color?
Ann Carlson is co-director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA. “I’d like to see cap and trade play out to see how well it…
Los Angeles Times
Proposed legislation calls for more affordable overnight accommodations along the California coast
“In our research we found that the cost of staying overnight at the coast can be a real burden for some Californians,” said Jon Christensen, a researcher at UCLA’s Institute…
New America Media
New American Media: Panel calls for removal of economic barriers to beaches
Lead UCLA investigator Jon Christensen told forum attendees that “research shows that we are at a tipping point where deciding to visit the coast is a close call for most…
Los Angeles Business Journal
L.A. Restaurants Could Be the Victims of Fish Fraud
Paul Barber, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university, said the problem could lie with suppliers, as both restaurants and grocery stores were found to be selling mislabeled…
Food and Wine: Half your sushi may not be what you think it is
In an email UCLA Professor Paul Barber said they hit a broad cross section of L.A. restaurants that “ran the gamut from some very high end establishments (both large and…
BuzzFeed News
California’s drought lasted for years. Now, it may finally end
“There’s been so much ground water overdraft that just having a great rain and snow year doesn’t solve the problem,” said Mark Gold, associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability…
Los Angeles Times
No, California’s environmental laws probably won’t block Trump’s border wall
“It’s quite a long shot,” Sean Hecht, co-director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law, said of any potential environmental lawsuit…
KCRW
KCRW-FM: California’s drought reversal
“The northern part of the state is in better shape than they have been in year. Down south it’s a little bit different because the drought has been more persistent…
PBS SoCal
Study: Coastal access is about more than locked gates
“This new research shows that we are at a tipping point where deciding to visit the coast is a close call for most Californians, given the cost,” said Jon Christensen,…
The Sacramento Bee
California may have to fund climate, energy research
Research in climate science and energy innovation is an investment in our future. It will pay dividends many times over for our economy and for our environment. California, as the…
HuffPost
Arctic oil, environmental legacy are now in crosshairs
Cara Horowitz, director of UCLA’s Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, said it’s pretty clear Trump sees Obama’s withdrawal from the Arctic as a mistake…. “It takes a…
Los Angeles Times
Getting to the beach often comes down to money
“This new research shows that we are at a tipping point where deciding to visit the coast is a close call for most Californians, given the cost,” said Jon Christensen,…
KPCC
KPCC-FM: L.A. needs to do a better job of catching storm water
“We have got to get to the point that we have a system that is equally as effective at infiltrating all of that storm water, which could be a precious…
Los Angeles Times
L.A. went from high and dry to wet and wild
“We have these very strong west-to-east winds — we call them zonal winds — at the jet stream level in the atmosphere that has sort of propelled this prolonged series…
KCRW-FM: California goes from drought to drenched
“We have swung the pendulum from very dry to now very wet. Highways have been shut down due to mudslides and water on the roadways and avalanches in the higher…