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Jacob Phaneuf found his path at UCLA through a passion for genetics and environmental justice

Sonia Aronson

Everyone was making small talk, trying to figure out what they had in common. Jacob told me he was a microbiology major from a tiny town in upstate New York…

Haydée Rodriguez-Romero leads Costa Rica’s marine protection efforts

Ashley Kruythoff

Costa Rica is often considered an environmental leader and success story. Home to 28 national parks and various other reserves, protected areas account for over a quarter of its total…

Private land conservation could be key to meeting Biden’s 2030 environmental goals

David Colgan

UCLA-led study finds voluntary legal agreements protect at-risk species more efficiently than public lands

Biosolids used as fertilizer could contain more plastic than previously thought

Jonathan Van Dyke

The UCLA research suggests that fertilizer could contain far more plastic particles — as much as 25 times more — than was previously suspected. How tiny particles of plastic called…

Human wastewater is feeding harmful algae blooms off of Southern California’s coast

Sonia Aronson

The estimated 23 million people who live along the coast from Tijuana, Mexico, to Santa Barbara, California, produce tons of sewage each day. That sewage is treated by water treatment…