UCLA weather expert Daniel Swain is part of a team that created a new four-step “framework” to more accurately test how climate change is pushing unprecedented weather events. It’s the latest study in a burgeoning field of climate science known as “extreme event attribution.” Testing their new framework, researchers found that human induced warming has increased the odds of severely hot weather across more than 80 percent of the globe.
First episode of 'Climate Lab' airing today asks why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change.
Stephanie Pincetl is one of the official speakers at Saturday's March for Science. Here's why she's marching.
With specialties ranging from environmental economics to atmospheric science, three new hires add legitimate climate change muscle to UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
UCLA Law School's Ted Parson weighs in on climate geoengineering—and some of its sticky governance problems he'll be tackling in a new project.
“If you ask in the most expansive way what federal actions affect fossil fuels production, DOE’s energy support — research and development support for renewable energy — could be construed…
UCLA study shows building certification programs like LEED reduce carbon emissions, but smaller buildings get left behind.
The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides 60 percent of the state’s water via a vast network of dams and reservoirs, has already been diminished by human-induced climate change and if emissions levels aren’t reduced, the snowpack could largely disappear during droughts, according to findings in the study published today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The recent crisis at Oroville Dam sheds light on an emerging problem for California's aging water resources infrastructure. Professor Alex Hall's research shows that, as temperatures warm in the Sierra Nevada, climate change could precipitate a deluge that will overwhelm a patchwork network of dams and reservoirs that supply 60 percent of the state's water.
UCLA geochemist Aradhna Tripati received the highest honor the United States bestows on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their careers—the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists…
Three exceptional young UCLA scientists were honored by President Obama Monday, Jan. 9, with 2017 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S.…
A study of gasoline taxes and subsidies in 157 countries shows global regression, even as a majority of countries made progress. It also offers a benchmark for holding governments accountable in the future.
A subtropical mega storm will bring much needed precipitation to California this weekend. However, its warm temperatures and rain could melt Sierra Nevada snow pack and cause flooding.
These pleas for support stress the urgency of donating now—immediately—before the great ship of Mother Earth sinks. The money they request, of course, is intended to build a war chest…
Chancellor Block joined leaders in higher education to support science-based solutions.
At Earth Now: Earth 2050, UCLA's top environmental thinkers gave short talks on the paths we must take to have a sustainable planet in decades to come.
Alex Hall, UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and director of the Center for Climate Change Solutions, received a 2016 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The award…
Weather patterns can change quickly as ice melts, according to a new study that examines the end of the last big global freeze.
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A new study shows that temperatures in the Sierra Nevada could rise up to 10 degrees, threatening ecosystems, California's water supply—and increasing the risk of wildfires.
Post carbon cities are post-waste cities that confront the reality of our limited resources and overtaxed planet. Compost will be a way of life, as will sophisticated recycling and supply chain management. We no longer assume unlimited energy and planetary resources. We understand that our margin for resource extravagance is now razor-thin and that we can’t just override the constraints of natural systems by applying more brute carbon based energy. Earth resources are finite; its atmosphere sensitive. Instead, we recycle and repurpose as much as possible. Post carbon is about doing more — and better — with less.
Alex Hall, Director, Center for Climate Science; Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences