Hall’s research — from climate modeling to wildfire and water forecasting — is now among the most widely referenced in the world, earning him a place on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list
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Madeline Adamo
UCLA College’s new “Cabinet of Curiosities” podcast explores the fang-tastic North-South collaboration
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Alison Hewitt
From the lecture halls of Westwood to the world’s most prestigious scientific stage, UCLA’s Nobel-winning alumni trace their triumphs to a common source: a public university that opened doors
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Claire Griffiths
Fast fashion degrades land and people. In Indonesia, Riadini-Flesch is proving it can also heal soil, cut carbon and empower women
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The feature traces how an engineer’s logic — and a long view of progress — shape Pritzker’s approach to environmental change
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Claire Griffiths
The award highlights faculty whose research has demonstrably improved lives locally, nationally and globally
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Seema Lokhandwala
Seema Lokhandwala, a 2025 Pritzker Award finalist, reflects on how a childhood encounter with an elephant grew into a lifelong commitment to protecting the fragile bonds between people and wildlife
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Anthony Waddle
From childhood explorations in the Mojave to tackling the chytrid fungus, 2025 Pritzker Award finalist Anthony Waddle charts a path of science, memory and conservation
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Alison Hewitt
The research with local collaborators is the first to identify how to reliably grow ebony trees from seeds
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Denica Riadini-Flesch
Economist-turned-entrepreneur Denica Riadini-Flesch, a 2025 Pritzker Award finalist, reflects on how she left conventional models of growth to build a regenerative fashion movement
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Claire Griffiths
Three innovators from Australia, Indonesia and India are redefining how to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and build equitable futures
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Claire Griffiths
Building climate solutions from fungi, sediment, timber and uranium, four leaders under 40 show what next-generation innovation looks like in today’s world
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Claire Griffiths
These four nominees are focused on housing, conservation, fashion and public space — tackling environmental issues by redesigning how systems work at the local level
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Claire Griffiths
These five mid-career leaders are creating climate solutions in areas and communities often left out of conventional planning
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Claire Griffiths
Thirteen nominees. Five continents. One common denominator: a new blueprint for environmental leadership.
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Alison Hewitt
The longest and rarest heat waves — which can last for weeks — show the greatest increase in frequency
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Alison Hewitt
UCLA’s annual Project Phoenix aims to document how birds change their behavior when there’s more wildfire smoke
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Claire Griffiths
As climate urgency grows, UCLA’s newest environmental scientists bring curiosity, clarity and resolve
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Claire Griffiths
Seven environmental science seniors funded their entire trip through a crowdfunding campaign, carrying their research from Westwood to the mountains of western Guatemala
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Climate transition planning, Scope 3 reporting gaps identified in UCLA Anderson Center for Impact annual report
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Claire Griffiths
Scientists find that most forest carbon credit protocols fall short of ensuring real climate benefits, raising concerns about the reliability of a fast-growing tool in global emissions reduction efforts
