As cities face growing climate challenges, designing effective infrastructure requires more than technical expertise; it also means understanding how people experience environmental change in their daily lives. Madeleine Siegel examines how these community perspectives can help shape climate solutions.
Scientists say the stage is set for potentially higher records for extreme rainfall in 2027
Using bioacoustics, the conservation scientist has made a global difference for tropical forests and countless lives — human and otherwise
Wildlife visit a bird bath at Sage Hill on the UCLA Campus during a fall heat wave in October 2026.
California’s climate ambitions have long been defined by sweeping targets: achieving statewide carbon neutrality by 2045, installing six million electric heat pumps in homes, and mandating a total phaseout of…
UCLA biologists have discovered a fungus decimating amphibian populations around the world can live-and infect frogs-in their burrows, helping inform a captive rearing and reintroduction program to protect the species.
A new study from UCLA provides critical insights into how the January 2025 Eaton fire impacted air quality downwind of the fires, highlighting how levels of airborne toxic contaminants spiked and then dissipated as the burning died down.
The UCLA La Kretz Center & Stunt Ranch Reserve Research Awards is an opportunity for UCLA student scientists to receive funding for research proposals related to environmental, ecological, evolutionary, and/or…
There is an urgent need to address the unintended consequences of our pursuit of green and to return to mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the root problem.
When communities are asked to trust that environmental projects will improve conditions for their neighborhoods, predictions alone are not enough. Associate Director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and…
PhD candidate Tyson Timmer examines how corporate sustainability reporting influences investors, employees and job applicants. His research explores whether greater transparency actually changes decisions and what drives people’s responses to corporate sustainability efforts.
2026 Pritzker Award finalist Suzanne Pierre reflects on her work
UCLA researchers find that if the state applies existing valuation tools consistently, residents could reap the savings already enjoyed by other states.
2026 Pritzker Award finalist Zuzana Buřivalová reflects on her work
Wisdom, perspective and inspiration from UCLA’s 2025 Pritzker Award winner
Faced with the loss of federal funding, UCLA scientists turned to an unexpected online platform to buoy their landmark long-term marmot study
Zuzana Buřivalová, Doris Njagi and Suzanne Pierre named 2026 Pritzker Award Finalists Ahead of October 8 award ceremony.
Ever since he was a child, Raymond Archuleta knew he wanted to work in medicine.
Emma Barnosky's PhD research at UCLA explores the human side of wildfire, examining how Californians experience, understand, and recover from increasingly destructive fires.
The final five nominees for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award are making an impact in their own unique ways, including launching “critical ecology” as a new field of study, advocating…
The next five nominees for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award share a similarly kaleidoscopic spectrum of interest areas, including investing in ocean conservation, developing cutting-edge wildlife census tools and amplifying…
The first five nominees for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award display an impressive scope of vision, everything from protecting pangolins and sloths to reimagining a more sustainable fashion industry. While…
What would it mean to design cities that actually sustain us?
"I don’t see the birds in the morning anymore." Gregory Pirio, a longtime Loudoun County resident, explained his experience living near a data center. Greg isn’t the only one reeling…
Applications must be submitted by September 28th to qualify for the two year fellowship.
Modern scientific research and its discourse fails to adequately embrace the emotional, spiritual and affective impacts of the existential issues of Earth’s future habitability.
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