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Ary Amaya is 27 acres into an Indigenous-led reforestation of L.A. She’s far from done
Madeline Adamo
The UCLA graduate student is helping ensure that Native ecology drives the region’s land management for centuries to come.
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How to dim the consequences of global light pollution
Anna Novoselov
The harm excessive light causes animals and humans, plus mitigation solutions, are detailed in a new report
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California storms carry flood risk this week: Live Q&As with Daniel Swain
Alison Hewitt
An atmospheric river is bringing two big storms and potential flooding toward California — along with several live Q&As with UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.
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The Lab at 10,000 Feet
John Harlow
It’s 6 a.m. — first light at the White Mountain Research Center, UCLA’s high-altitude research laboratories some 300 miles north of Los Angeles. The skies are brutally scarlet, the views…
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Electric vehicles improve air quality for everyone but have less impact in more polluted areas
Alison Hewitt
But that’s not the whole story. The traffic corridors that run through disadvantaged areas to spread those clean-air benefits remain a source of heavy pollution from gas-powered vehicles. The study…
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Experts illuminate how light pollution impacts mountain lions
Claire Griffiths
As ambush predators, mountain lions thrive under the cover of darkness. But what happens in Southern California, where artificial light makes every night twice as bright as if there were a full moon?
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Human-set fires 13,000 years ago led to extinction of megafauna in Southern California
David Colgan
Research by UCLA and La Brea Tar Pits scientists upends theory that saber-toothed cats, other large mammals were hunted out of existence
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Project Phoenix uses community science to learn how smog and smoke affect birds
Claire Griffiths
All are invited to participate in new program from UCLA and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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UCLA receives grant from Bezos Earth Fund to support environmental justice in urban greening projects
David Colgan
Project by Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA informs underserved communities on public works
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A wild place to learn: Sage Hill at UCLA
Anna Novoselov
UCLA’s official nature classroom had a busy first year
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Vegetation browning from drought hits L.A.’s disadvantaged communities hardest
David Colgan
UCLA-led study reveals a ‘geography of inequality’ across region’s coastal areas
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New professor Alesia Montgomery examines environmental justice in urban redevelopment
David Colgan
Who gets to make those decisions (and how) is the focus of ethnographer Alesia Montgomery, a new faculty member at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Racialized, low-income communities…
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Beating the heat in L.A.: County’s ‘informal’ cooling centers are used more than official ones
David Colgan
With climate change making heat waves longer and more severe, Los Angeles County has for several years provided cooling centers — many of which are in libraries, parks or other…
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Air for disadvantaged L.A. residents is more polluted, more toxic
David Colgan
Levels and sources of contamination vary by location, UCLA-led study finds
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Wildfires drive L.A.’s mountain lions to take deadly risks
David Colgan
UCLA and National Park Service researchers studied the cougars’ movements before and after the Woolsey Fire
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As climate change worsens deadly heat waves, policymakers begin to act
Anna Novoselov
Extreme heat disproportionately harms already-vulnerable communities and individuals
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Most California incentive programs meant to reduce energy use have the opposite effect
David Colgan
UCLA-led study finds products’ energy savings estimates are often inaccurate
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Changing bus schedules can protect riders from deadly heat, study finds
David Colgan
Rerouting 10% of Phoenix’ bus fleet could reduce exposure to extreme heat by 35%
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Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
Jonathan Van Dyke
Just witness the excitement around sightings of the city’s famous wild animals. One recent Los Angeles Times headline read, “Famed mountain lion P-22 makes dramatic appearance in Beachwood Canyon backyard.”…
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Using electric vehicles for ride-sharing in New Delhi can boost air quality for millions
David Colgan
UCLA-led research shows how the transition could improve public health and save money
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In 3 California regions, big cities lag smaller cities in ‘neighborhood biodiversity’
David Colgan
Animal species are less evenly distributed in large urban areas, UCLA-led study finds