Spurred by parents’ close call with wildfire, UCLA alum uses AI to predict climate risk
Hunter Connell co-founded Terrafuse AI to help insurance companies and first responders prevent climate change-driven harms
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A Smallholder’s Voice (video)
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…
Electrifying trucks would significantly reduce tailpipe emissions in India
With battery advances, it’s time to transition trucks from diesel to electric, researchers say
Energy Entanglements: A Student Project 2022
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
Air for disadvantaged L.A. residents is more polluted, more toxic
Levels and sources of contamination vary by location, UCLA-led study finds
A Just Energy Transition for the State and Beyond: a Student Project
A Just Energy Transition 2022 155 final project zine by Sam Smithies, Molly Erwin, Leah Likin and Matthew Puls
Energy and Society in a Time of Climate Change: Moving Toward a Just Transition
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
2022 Environmental Science and Engineering reunion
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,…
Popular strategies for reducing gasoline use aren’t getting a chance to work
UCLA-led study finds world leaders give up on increasing gas taxes and reducing subsidies to producers
Dysmus Kisilu wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
Kenyan entrepreneur and his company, Solar Freeze, receive $100,000 prize for reducing food waste
World renewal
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…
Solutions Now! A Story on Solar Freeze
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…
The owners of empty spaces
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…
Q&A with Farwiza Farhan, 2021 Pritzker Genius Award winner
Farwiza Farhan looks back on a year of progress since winning the Pritzker Award.
Low-income households more likely to have power disconnected after hot summers
Utility bills increase for each day above 95 degrees Fahrenheit, UCLA-led study finds
Birds getting smaller, ‘wingier’ as planet warms
30-year study tracked changes in 105 migratory species across North America
Understanding what makes rainforests distinct from one another could advance conservation efforts
Even when they’re located near each other, not all rainforests are the same, UCLA-led research finds
Wildfires drive L.A.’s mountain lions to take deadly risks
UCLA and National Park Service researchers studied the cougars’ movements before and after the Woolsey Fire
Travis Longcore Awarded Galileo Award from International Dark-Sky Association
Please join us in congratulating Travis Longcore on receiving the Galileo Award from the International Dark-Sky Association! This award is given to those who have made outstanding contributions to research…
Eric Hoek to Receive Top Water Research and Technology Prize
Sep 2, 2022 UCLA Samueli Newsroom The National Water Research Institute has selected Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, as the 2022 Athalie Richardson…
Are extreme heat waves happening more than expected? UCLA research says not yet.
The temperatures that baked the Pacific Northwest in 2021 should happen roughly once in 10,000 years
Student Blog: Sky Quality Camera: A Tool to Track and Analyze Light Pollution in the CIDSR
By Jules de la Cruz Artificial brightening of the night sky — also known as light pollution — has become a significant issue in the past few decades. As the…