IoES in the News
Headline
Science Daily: Do eco-friendly wines taste better?
Raise a glass to organic grapes: Study finds eco-certified wine rated higher by wine publications
Headline
Predicting Heat Waves
“If you are looking at the observations, we found that there was this clear distinct pattern in the Pacific,” Karen McKinnon, with the Center for Atmospheric Research, said. The Pacific Ocean, it turned out, offered clues of what was to come 50 days before heat waves arrived.
Blog
The Verge: Where do mountain lions hunt in Los Angeles?
A new study by La Kretz Center and National Park Service scientists finds surprising results
Headline
laist.com: The Mountain Lions Are Hunting Among Us
Female mountain lions, on average, hunt less than a mile from human development.
Headline
Curbed LA: LA Area Mountain Lions Are Surprisingly Urban
A new study shows the predatory cats like to hunt very close to developed areas
Headline
Water Deeply: What Lake Mead’s Record Low Means for California
For Glen MacDonald, the John Muir memorial chair in geography and former director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles, the May…
Headline
KCET: 7 Things You Should Know About L.A. Heat Waves and Climate Change
Using global climate models, climate scientists at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) have projected that temperatures will increase by 3-5°F in Southern California in the next 30…
Headline
LA Times: L.A. will keep getting hotter, scientists say — a lot hotter
By the year 2050, there could be 22 days of extreme heat in Los Angeles, and by 2100, there could be 54 such days, a study released by UCLA scientists…
Headline
New Scientist: Life on the edge: Saving the world’s hotbeds of evolution
It’s a radical new approach to saving nature: don’t obsess about individual species, safeguard the places on the bleeding edge of evolutionary change instead
Blog
Counting the cost of climate change: It’s all about numbers for UCLA teaching fellowship winners
by Karen A. Lefkowitz Professors Kathryn Bickel Goldman and Debra Shier are practiced adding machines. Goldman calculates greenhouse gas emissions and Shier tallies wildlife populations. Both can add a new…
Headline
KPCC: Little rain, but El Niño brings deluge of data for local scientists
UCLA environmental science student Denita Toneva is mentioned during a field research day to mark the area of tide pool she and her teammates plan to investigate.
Headline
Scientists develop method that may predict East Coast heat waves up to 50 days in advance
“The pattern popped out at us really clearly,” said Karen A. McKinnon, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo., and the lead author of the study. Not only did it exist on those hot days — defined as about 12 degrees hotter than normal summer temperatures — “but importantly, up to seven weeks before,” Dr. McKinnon said.
Headline
Scientists Find a Way to Predict U.S. Heat Waves Weeks in Advance
“The pattern popped out at us really clearly,” said Karen A. McKinnon, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo., and the lead author of the study. Not only did it exist on those hot days — defined as about 12 degrees hotter than normal summer temperatures — “but importantly, up to seven weeks before,” Dr. McKinnon said.
Headline
KCET: Parks and Technology: A Match Made in California
Contrary to the old myth, technology is not just something to leave behind. It can help make parks and nature more accessible for everyone.
Headline
UCLA Newsroom: $1.2 million awarded to research projects to help Los Angeles County thrive despite climate change
Developing smart grids, converting wastewater to freshwater and studying the consequences of bike sharing are among the projects
Blog
Uphill battle for California’s native plant species
Largest study yet of plant species shifting with climate change finds ecosystems unraveling in California
