IoES Magazine — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA

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12.4.2020

State of Fire

Alison Hewitt

UCLA wildfire research reveals the patterns and future threats of blazes in California — and offers a foundation for how to face the flames.

wildfires should be considered a top threat to survival of species

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11.20.2020

Wildfires should be considered a top threat to survival of species

Sonia Aronson

UCLA ecologist joins worldwide team of experts calling for new approaches to fire management

sustainability leaders discuss the pandemic’s effects on sustainability

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11.10.2020

Sustainability leaders discuss possible outcomes of pandemic

Ashley Kruythoff

The abrupt onset of the coronavirus forced people, businesses, and organizations to aggressively prepare for a new reality and uncertain future. Around the world, institutions shifted to digital engagement, implementing…

extreme rainfall projected to get more severe, frequent with warming

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11.10.2020

Extreme rainfall projected to get more severe, frequent with warming

David Colgan

Climate and population changes would expose millions more to severe flooding in continental U.S.

himalayan glaciers melting because of high-altitude dust

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10.5.2020

Himalayan glaciers melting because of high-altitude dust

Sonia Aronson

Dust, climate change and air pollution are triple threat to water source for a billion people

what the wildfires tell us about the shortcomings of california’s electrical grid

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9.16.2020

What the wildfires tell us about the shortcomings of California’s electrical grid

Sean Brenner

Q&A with UCLA energy systems expert Eric Fournier

2020 Pritzker Finalists: Clara Prate, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leah Penniman

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9.3.2020

2020 Pritzker finalists: Clara Pratte, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leah Penniman

David Colgan

The finalists represent a vast range of environmental issues and approaches. All of them are working to address past and ongoing injustices.

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8.10.2020

A warming California sets the stage for future floods

Sonia Aronson

UCLA study finds that continued climate change will deliver a dangerous one-two punch for state’s water managers

announcing the candidates for the 2020 pritzker emerging environmental genius award

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7.28.2020

Announcing the Candidates for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Sonia Aronson

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

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7.14.2020

Air conditioning: Environmental loss, human win

Paul Stainier

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…

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6.10.2020

Risk of massive wildfires continues to grow in California

Sonia Aronson

Doubling of extreme fire weather days highlights the need to reduce emissions and take other preventive measures

as climate change messes with temperature and precipitation, california newts suffer

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3.23.2020

As climate change messes with temperature and precipitation, California newts suffer

David Colgan

Study shows how drought affects native amphibians, harbingers of what’s to come

geoengineering, a futuristic idea that needs more imagination — a q&a with author holly buck

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2.12.2020

Geoengineering, a futuristic idea that needs more imagination — a Q&A with author Holly Buck

Buck talks about her new book at UCLA School of Law on Feb. 18 Whether building bridges to connect people, inventing drugs to save lives or splitting atoms to power…