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Rajit Gadh on concerns over Russian cyberattacks against U.S. — KABC-TV
“After the defenses, you still have to have resilience. Let’s say we have two power plants and one goes down — can the other one take the load of this…
Pockets of Paradise on Campus
Take a closer look at the oases of nature at UCLA where wild flora and fauna flourish.
UCLA combines art and science in announcing film about an autistic boy’s love of bats
Story seeks to dispel fears and misconceptions about bats
Changing bus schedules can protect riders from deadly heat, study finds
Rerouting 10% of Phoenix’ bus fleet could reduce exposure to extreme heat by 35%
Web tool co-created by UCLA a veritable ‘Swiss Army knife’ for land management
LandCART uses machine learning to assess changes in vegetation and ground cover across the American West
Notches on lions’ teeth reveal poaching in Zambia’s conservation areas
UCLA study shows the strange markings are the result of trapped big cats chewing through wire snares, indicating these animals are injured at far higher rates than previously assumed. Read…
Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
Just witness the excitement around sightings of the city’s famous wild animals. One recent Los Angeles Times headline read, “Famed mountain lion P-22 makes dramatic appearance in Beachwood Canyon backyard.”…
Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse
UCLA-led study finds greater ‘streamflow’ may mean more water for the West, but could increase risk for floods, landslides
Even in Southern California, wildfire frequency is likely to increase by end of century
UCLA-led research forecasts an increase in the number of days with high risk for fire
Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years
Climate change is a significant factor, UCLA-led research finds
Marilyn Raphael elected president of American Association of Geographers
Marilyn Raphael, director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been chosen to lead the American Association of Geographers — a global network of researchers, educators and…
Using electric vehicles for ride-sharing in New Delhi can boost air quality for millions
UCLA-led research shows how the transition could improve public health and save money
Antarctic sea ice level could reach record low in 2022, UCLA climate scientist says
New research traces trends at South Pole back to early 1900s
Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires
In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter continue to grow, study shows
In 3 California regions, big cities lag smaller cities in ‘neighborhood biodiversity’
Animal species are less evenly distributed in large urban areas, UCLA-led study finds
Study identifies how much artificial light is too much for two coastal species
A UCLA-led study has quantified, for the first time, how much of that light is too much for the Western snowy plover, a small shorebird, and the California grunion, a fish. Grunion…
Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
Conservationist receives $100,000 for work to protect Indonesia’s species-rich Leuser Ecosystem
Pikyavish — ‘little fixing’
By Chook-Chook Hillman Karuk believe all things are connected. Humans are not separate from the natural world. Likewise, environmental and social justice are one in the same. Our health is…
We dream big, but start small
By Farwiza Farhan Growing up female in a conservative, patriarchal society influenced everything I did and the choices I made in life. Growing up, I liked doing “boys” things —…
Where I’m From
By David Diaz I was born in the late 1980s to two hard-working parents, Raquel and Jose, in Ensenada, Mexico. My parents immigrated to the United States with a dream;…
Q&A with Clara Pratte, 2020 Pritzker Award winner
Pratte moved solar energy projects forward with Navajo Power, the company she co-founded to benefit local communities on tribal lands. She also expanded Strongbow Strategies, the professional services and consulting…
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
Support from Bob and Cindy Taylor is helping fund research on the ecology of ebony and rainforest restoration.
“Look for actions” from companies, not just green pledges — Deepak Rajagopal on NPR Marketplace
Hertz pledged to buy 100,000 Teslas. On NPR Marketplace, UCLA‘s Deepak Rajagopal emphasized the importance of infrastructure to support that fleet: “They need to have charging stations, they need to have…