IoES Magazine



Forest in Cameroon

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The Promise of Cameroon

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.













Labor for the Hive cover. Illustrated by Stefan Grosse Halbuer.

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To Labor for the Hive

Jamie Liu

A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods.



At an imposing 14,200 feet, White Mountain is the third highest peak in the state of California. | Glen MacDonald

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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…