David Neelin is a Professor in UCLA’s Atmospheric Sciences who works on climate modeling, including precipitation predictions in the face of climate change. Dr. Neelin’s work has contributed to understanding…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office released their Drought Task Force report on the California Drought on December 4th 2014.
On December 10, the UCLA Anderson Forecast quarterly economic outlook presents Parched Lawns, Severe Congestion, and Flickering Lights: Rebuilding, Reinventing, and Reimagining California’s Infrastructure. A panel of experts from UCLA, local…
By Miriam Hernandez Originally posted by Eyewitness News ABC7 Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (KABC) — This year, rain levels are one-fourth of normal. According to projections by JPL, you will…
This edition of the Center for Tropical Research Newsletter includes the following feature articles as well as center updates and workshop reports: Senior Research Fellow Tim Bonebrake recounts a personal…
UCLA La Kretz Center conservation biologist Brad Shaffer and other scientists have definitively identified a new species of frog living in and around New York City
On November 4th, Californians will have the chance to vote on a statewide water bond intended to provide funds for investment in water infrastructure and technology, improvement of water quality and storage, and protection of water resources and environments. For some this is a long-awaited opportunity -- the bond has been delayed, altered, and reconfigured since its original conception in 2009.
After a record warm September, dramatic climate shifts are likely to continue
UCLA and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are leading a multi-institutional initiative to develop the Congo Basin Institute (CBI), which will be a model for how universities can…
John Benson and Elizabeth Long are the 2014 UCLA La Kretz Center Fellowship appointees
Video about the Congo Basin Institute, dedicated to finding solutions to the interconnected issues of climate change, human disease, food and water security, and loss of biodiversity.
An Oppenheim Lecture presented by CTR Director Thomas B. Smith, describing the Center is leveraging the best available science to identify new protected areas in the face of resource extraction…
Coverage of the professional development workshop focused on empowering young local researchers to track and analyze the genetic diversity of the Congo Basin in the face of climate change, which…
Coverage of the professional development workshop focused on empowering young local researchers to track and analyze the genetic diversity of the Congo Basin in the face of climate change, which…
Professor MacDonald has been selected as the first occupant of a new UCLA chair in geography named after the naturalist and activist who helped preserve the Yosemite Valley as a…
Originally posted by 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio A busted water main sent a geyser shooting 30 feet in the air and flooded Sunset Boulevard and UCLA yesterday. About…
Video produced from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability 2014 Graduation Ceremony.
Watch the video on Facebook A student researcher’s reaction to the NSF-sponsored Research Coordination Network for Haemosporida (Malaria RCN)’s African workshop in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with students from Cameroon, Nigeria, and…
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's gift to add lab to UCLA La Kretz Center field station
“Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry,” said Bill Drayton, founder…
The IoES and Women & Philanthropy at UCLA joined together to present “Thriving in a Hotter L.A.: Turning Los Angeles into a Global Model for Urban Sustainability.” IoES Associate Director…
5th Annual La Kretz Public Lecture by Professor Daniel Simberloff, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville presented May 4, 2014 at the UCLA…