How to dim the consequences of global light pollution
The harm excessive light causes animals and humans, plus mitigation solutions, are detailed in a new report
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Electric vehicles improve air quality for everyone but have less impact in more polluted areas
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…
The power of the tropics
I am an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and co-director of the Center for Tropical Research in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. I…
L.A. asks how to equitably achieve 100% clean energy by 2035 – and UCLA answers
In 2021, after the LA100 analysis laid out pathways for the city of Los Angeles to produce 100% renewable electricity, the City Council and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power committed…
Iroro Tanshi wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
Research conservationist receives honor for efforts to protect West African forests from wildfire and other threats
2023 Pritzker Award finalists: Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Hana Raza, Iroro Tanshi
These rising stars for the environment connect people with nature to advance environmental goals
New paper proposes incorporating anti-racism in life sciences education
STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA researchers write
UCLA receives grant from Bezos Earth Fund to support environmental justice in urban greening projects
Project by Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA informs underserved communities on public works
These UCLA seniors advanced sustainable farming with incarcerated youth in Cameroon
Working with Agriculture for Africa, 7 Bruins got their hands dirty during spring break
Rainforest conservation meets cacao production in Congo Basin
Congo Basin Institute promotes sustainable farming to prevent deforestation
Alvar Escriva-Bou bridges research and action with engineering, policy and economics
Our newest faculty member member seeks to improve integrated water, energy, food and environmental resources management
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…
A Smallholder’s Voice (video)
Cacao and palm oil industries contribute to deforestation of the most vibrant, species-rich places on the planet, leading to conservation attempts that use external sustainability certifications to drive responsible manufacture…
Air for disadvantaged L.A. residents is more polluted, more toxic
Levels and sources of contamination vary by location, UCLA-led study finds
Dysmus Kisilu wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
Kenyan entrepreneur and his company, Solar Freeze, receive $100,000 prize for reducing food waste
As climate change worsens deadly heat waves, policymakers begin to act
Extreme heat disproportionately harms already-vulnerable communities and individuals
Students combine research and reality for sustainable agriculture project in Cameroon
Team of five students among 112 to graduate UCLA with degrees in environmental science
Talking solutions with Marilyn Raphael, director of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Faculty and students are working on new ways to respond to climate change and other environmental problems
Public talk underscores need for equity and regulation in the electrification of transportation
California has passed numerous laws stimulating green transportation. According to environmentalist Mary Nichols, making these laws work will take better enforcement. “Regulations are really only as good as the enforcement…