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KPCC-FM: Winter storms have another upside: cleaner air
“Clear, cold and calm would be probably the three words to describe the conditions most conducive to wintertime air pollution,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA.
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Los Angeles Times: Can California go its own way on federal environmental protections? These lawmakers want to try
“California will undoubtedly test the limits of what it’s possible for a state to do,” said Cara Horowitz, co-director of UCLA’s Environmental Law Clinic. The state, she said, “has made…
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Mercury News: Why it’s raining so much in California
“What we’ve seen describes California’s climate. It’s a climate precipitated by extremes,” said Daniel Swain, an atmospheric researcher at UCLA. “The precipitation is driven by the presence or absence of…
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Smithsonian magazine: Surprising reason the turtle learned to hide its head
“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…
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San Francisco Chronicle: Dams remain in line for bulk of funding
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…
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Los Angeles Times: L.A. area braces for what could be season’s biggest storm
“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.
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San Francisco Examiner: Line drawn in sand between beach access, protection
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.…
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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…
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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.”
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Rising climate scientist honored by President Obama
UCLA geochemist Aradhna Tripati received the highest honor the United States bestows on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their careers—the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…