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Air conditioning: Environmental loss, human win
Paul Stainier
With a warming climate, a key win-lose solution is air conditioning. In hotter conditions, workplace productivity suffers, students learn less, and mortality rates are higher. Fortunately, we have a way to avoid the worst of these effects: AC prevents around 3,000 premature deaths a year in the US. Win. But energy-intensive American AC usage also…
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Discovery opens up new path in study of marine evolution and biodiversity
Kaitlyn DeShon
Two UCLA studies of ocean mollusks shed light on how new species develop
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Clean energy revolution may leave disadvantaged communities behind
Mary Hardin
Study finds affluent L.A. neighborhoods use more energy and reap greater benefits from government incentive programs
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2020 senior practicum adapts to recent global conditions with strong research
Kaitlyn DeShon
Any scientist doing field work can tell you things rarely go according to plan. And in the case of this year’s senior practicum teams, they really didn’t. As the world reacted to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, seniors in the environmental science major at UCLA were hard at work. Every year, they complete a year-long capstone program…
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High school students showcase environmental short films in virtual contest
Sonia Aronson
Dave Farina of “Professor Dave Explains,” a YouTube channel that aims to increase science literacy and has a following of 812k subscribers, moderated the ceremony. “You persisted through the transition to online learning and the civil unrest we are experiencing in our country right now.” Farina said in his opening remarks. “You have all become…