A wild place to learn: Sage Hill at UCLA
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
UCLA-led study reveals a ‘geography of inequality’ across region’s coastal areas
New professor Alesia Montgomery examines environmental justice in urban redevelopment
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…
Beating the heat in L.A.: County’s ‘informal’ cooling centers are used more than official ones
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…
Air for disadvantaged L.A. residents is more polluted, more toxic
Levels and sources of contamination vary by location, UCLA-led study finds
Wildfires drive L.A.’s mountain lions to take deadly risks
UCLA and National Park Service researchers studied the cougars’ movements before and after the Woolsey Fire
As climate change worsens deadly heat waves, policymakers begin to act
Extreme heat disproportionately harms already-vulnerable communities and individuals
Most California incentive programs meant to reduce energy use have the opposite effect
UCLA-led study finds products’ energy savings estimates are often inaccurate
Changing bus schedules can protect riders from deadly heat, study finds
Rerouting 10% of Phoenix’ bus fleet could reduce exposure to extreme heat by 35%
Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
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.”…
Using electric vehicles for ride-sharing in New Delhi can boost air quality for millions
UCLA-led research shows how the transition could improve public health and save money
In 3 California regions, big cities lag smaller cities in ‘neighborhood biodiversity’
Animal species are less evenly distributed in large urban areas, UCLA-led study finds
Human wastewater is feeding harmful algae blooms off of Southern California’s coast
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…
Simulations show how city building configurations affect pedestrians’ air quality
Pollution at street level is worst with buildings in tight rows, UCLA study finds
Drought restrictions had side benefit: Lowering risk of mosquito-borne disease
Study finds Southern California mosquito populations would have been around 40% higher without water-use mandates
State of Fire
UCLA wildfire research reveals the patterns and future threats of blazes in California — and offers a foundation for how to face the flames.
New book from UCLA urban sustainability experts: Q&A with Stephanie Pincetl
A quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings in California — over 100 million tons per year. And while the state is a leader in setting ambitious climate…
Announcing the Candidates for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
Candidates for the 4th annual Pritzker Award are artists, leaders and inventors under the age of 40 fighting for a more sustainable future. They include a college dropout who invented…
Air conditioning: Environmental loss, human win
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…
Study draws Southern California coastal light pollution into focus
Research led by UCLA professor could inform guidelines to protect wildlife at L.A. beaches
Effort to limit dust pollution in Owens Valley is advancing, but still room to improve
Study produced by national panel of experts including UCLA geography chair Gregory Okin