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Extreme summer climate: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain
Alison Hewitt
Join UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain Monday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PT for a live YouTube briefing about the extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Alison Hewitt
Join UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain Monday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PT for a live YouTube briefing about the extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Alison Hewitt
That’s why UCLA teamed up with more than a dozen partners this year to create the Sustainable Move Out, with groups like the UCLA Thrift Shop accepting furniture, the Bruin Bazaar creating…
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John Harlow
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute is out to definitively map the African rainforests, a mission that could revolutionize climate science — and just maybe save the planet.
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Anna Novoselov
In March, UCLA students joined students at National Forestry School (NFS) in Mbalmayo to plant 1,200 native trees including frake, ebony and assamela in Cameroon.
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Claire Griffiths
But due to their nocturnal activity and well-hidden nests, little data has been available on local owl populations. To address this knowledge gap, a team of UCLA seniors collaborated with…
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Emma Horio
It’s the year 2050, and the Los Angeles River runs lazily along, sparkling in the sunlight, as the hum of freeway traffic weaves through the idyllic setting.
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Anna Novoselov
Students traveled to Tobago to test their flood-risk model and gather local perspectives
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Alison Hewitt
The academy serves as an independent research center convening leaders from across disciplines, professions and perspectives to address significant challenges, with the aim of producing independent and pragmatic studies that…
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David Colgan
Ocean chemistry of iron, sulfur and nitrogen processes in deep waters off Santa Barbara County are essential to the marine ecosystem
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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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Claire Griffiths
Southern California’s seagrass meadows, often mistaken for seaweed, are marine havens for a staggering array of fish. This new UCLA-led study reveals unique fish communities across different seagrass locations, highlighting their vital role in coastal ecosystems.
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Anna Novoselov
Sedimentation and reduced fish populations cause algal overgrowth that threatens coral resilience
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Claire Griffiths
“Try everything, put yourself out there and go for it. You might surprise yourself with who you are and what you’re able to accomplish, so embrace every challenge.” Navigating the…
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Anna Novoselov
The harm excessive light causes animals and humans, plus mitigation solutions, are detailed in a new report
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Jamie Liu
A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods.
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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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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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David Colgan
UCLA-led research casts doubt on a long-held theory about warming and body size
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Claire Griffiths
Originating in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru, El Niño may seem like a distant force to Californians. But the weather phenomenon exerts a profound and far-reaching influence, intricately shaping the state’s hydroclimate.
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David Colgan
Powerful genomic approach could boost efforts to slow illegal trade of pangolins
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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…