UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said: “This well may be the largest single-event snowfall in some parts of Southern California since the 1980s. “This is a big deal.” He added:…
Who gets to make those decisions (and how) is the focus of ethnographer Alesia Montgomery, a new faculty member at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Racialized, low-income communities…
UCLA professor Susanna Hecht has won the 2023 Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity from the American Association of Geographers. The award is presented annually to a geographer who has demonstrated…
UCLA researchers say climate change could accelerate slightly if dust levels stop climbing
The Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award community brings together brilliant minds from around the world to share what they’ve learned. At the annual award ceremony, nominees place some of their…
Atmospheric rivers are very important — “the main source for moisture for the western part of the U.S., especially the coastal states,” said Alex Hall, director of the Center for…
National boundaries are an unavoidable modern invention that impact the fate of Earth’s natural resources
Demonstration in L.A. ports show that non-academics can use the fast, inexpensive genetic test
Dr. Mikhail Chester hosts Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, whose work engages a multitude of disciplines (from engineers to urban planners to economists) to advance urban sustainability science and decision-making for water, energy, transportation, and land use systems. She explores how understanding and synthesizing these diverse systems surrounding our complex urban systems opens opportunities for future alternatives.
With climate change making heat waves longer and more severe, Los Angeles County has for several years provided cooling centers — many of which are in libraries, parks or other…
Hunter Connell co-founded Terrafuse AI to help insurance companies and first responders prevent climate change-driven harms
Cacao and palm oil industries contribute to deforestation of the most vibrant, species-rich places on the planet, leading to conservation attempts that use external sustainability certifications to drive responsible manufacture…
With battery advances, it’s time to transition trucks from diesel to electric, researchers say
Final Project for Environment 155 at UCLA for Fall 2022. A webinar involving 1 host and 4 guests discussing the implications of and recommendations for a "just" energy transition. Benjamin Greenstein, Jacqueline Gonzalez Hurtado, Achinthya Poduval, Gredorio Palomera, Aurelie Blanadet
Levels and sources of contamination vary by location, UCLA-led study finds
A Just Energy Transition 2022 155 final project zine by Sam Smithies, Molly Erwin, Leah Likin and Matthew Puls
A zine exploring an equitable energy future by students in ES155. Created in December 2022. By Angel More, Ava McCandless, Jack Sendell, Jose Robles, and Robert Smith
By Amanda Wagner, D.Env. 2021 On October 22, the Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE) alumni society held a reunion event for the first time in several years. Alumni, current students,…
UCLA-led study finds world leaders give up on increasing gas taxes and reducing subsidies to producers
Kenyan entrepreneur and his company, Solar Freeze, receive $100,000 prize for reducing food waste
By Tiana Williams-Claussen As Yurok, we are “World renewal,” or “Fix-the-Earth” people. Historically, this was a matter of maintaining a system with which we had co-evolved over millennia, resilient and…
My name is Dysmus Kisilu, founder and CEO of Solar Freeze, a company that provides access to solar powered cold storage solutions for small-scale farmers, refugees and off-grid communities. Solar…
By Resson Kantai Duff I’m sitting on the edge of the rocks, watching the sun set behind Lowua L’ongishu. The breeze has died down and long-tailed widow birds dance in…