Smithsonian Magazine
“Given that there are only two neck vertebrae, they’re doing an awful lot of reconstructing,” said Brad Shaffer, an evolutionary biologist at UCLA not involved in the new study. However, he…
San Francisco Chronicle
Extremes are what California is likely to see more of, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and author of the California Weather…
Los Angeles Times
“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.
San Francisco Examiner
Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at UCLA’s Institute on the Environment and Sustainability, found the condition of the ocean and beaches is personally important to 90 percent of Californians.…
KPCC
“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…
Bloomberg
“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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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…
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
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…