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Web tool co-created by UCLA a veritable ‘Swiss Army knife’ for land management
David Colgan
LandCART uses machine learning to assess changes in vegetation and ground cover across the American West
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Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
Jonathan Van Dyke
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.”…
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Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse
Anna Novoselov
UCLA-led study finds greater ‘streamflow’ may mean more water for the West, but could increase risk for floods, landslides
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Even in Southern California, wildfire frequency is likely to increase by end of century
David Colgan
UCLA-led research forecasts an increase in the number of days with high risk for fire
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Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years
Anna Novoselov
Climate change is a significant factor, UCLA-led research finds
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Using electric vehicles for ride-sharing in New Delhi can boost air quality for millions
David Colgan
UCLA-led research shows how the transition could improve public health and save money
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Antarctic sea ice level could reach record low in 2022, UCLA climate scientist says
David Colgan
New research traces trends at South Pole back to early 1900s
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Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires
David Colgan
In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter continue to grow, study shows
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In 3 California regions, big cities lag smaller cities in ‘neighborhood biodiversity’
David Colgan
Animal species are less evenly distributed in large urban areas, UCLA-led study finds
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Study identifies how much artificial light is too much for two coastal species
Anna Novoselov
A UCLA-led study has quantified, for the first time, how much of that light is too much for the Western snowy plover, a small shorebird, and the California grunion, a fish. Grunion…
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Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
David Colgan
Conservationist receives $100,000 for work to protect Indonesia’s species-rich Leuser Ecosystem
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Q&A with Clara Pratte, 2020 Pritzker Award winner
David Colgan
Pratte moved solar energy projects forward with Navajo Power, the company she co-founded to benefit local communities on tribal lands. She also expanded Strongbow Strategies, the professional services and consulting…
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UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
Jonathan Riggs
Support from Bob and Cindy Taylor is helping fund research on the ecology of ebony and rainforest restoration.
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Jaden Smith and Mari Copeny honored for environmental justice leadership at UCLA gala
David Colgan
Virtual fundraising gala featured celebrity performances and science from UCLA graduate students
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Jaden Smith and ‘Little Miss Flint’ to be honored at annual gala
David Colgan
The online, streaming celebration will be hosted by Harrison Ford and feature appearances and one-of-a-kind musical performances by Courteney Cox and Coco Arquette, Issa Rae, Natasha Bedingfield, and Sting and…
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UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS sustainability series
Madeline Adamo
Faculty and others play a major role in shaping stories of accountability in ‘Sustaining US,’ whose second season debuts Oct. 6
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Virtuous circle: New student starts college journey thanks to mentor who was a Bruin
Madeline Adamo
She kept at it and two years later, she participated in the UCLA Institute of Environmental and Sustainability’s GreenShorts program, a short-film contest for high school students. Her film, “Non Supponunt”…
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Parched land could help contain some floods but catastrophic flooding still likely to increase
David Colgan
New research by scientists at UCLA, the University of Freiburg in Germany and other institutions may have found the solution. The study was published in Communications Earth & Environment. The scientists project…
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2021 Pritzker finalists: David Diaz, Farwiza Farhan, Chook-Chook Hillman
David Colgan
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is proud to announce the 2021 finalists for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, as chosen by a committee of 12 faculty members.
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Program co-produced by UCLA storytelling lab wins local Emmy
David Colgan
‘Earth Focus’ episode explores environmental and human costs of coal mining in South Africa
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Announcing candidates for the 2021 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
David Colgan
The 18 candidates include policy experts, community organizers, tech-focused entrepreneurs, artists and more — taking on problems such as food insecurity, climate change, environmental justice, and conservation on land and…