Universities must change, but how?
Never has the pace of technological change been so rapid. Some would argue the pace of social and political change is similarly breathtaking. But one thing has remained essentially the…
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Survey: Earth and climate history
What if climate change were a game show? This Thursday at La Brea Tar Pits, it will be. As part of our interactive Climate Series for the Ages, we’ll be asking…
A Climate Series for the Ages: Living with Climate Change, Part 1
https://youtu.be/KBApfA-YVYc There are so many questions about climate change and climate science. Is climate change right now really worse than climate change in the past? Isn’t it true that there…
UCLA begins accepting applications for new Ph.D. in Environment and Sustainability
In July, UCLA launched a new Ph.D in Environment and Sustainability to empower future leaders in thought and action who seek to take on challenges that require skills in multiple…
Climate change could bring much earlier water runoff in Sierra Nevada by century’s end
UCLA climate research shows another way rising temperatures could affect California’s water resources
Mahendra receives Paul L. Busch award for technology to clean water of pollutants
Shaily Mahendra, a UCLA associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Samueli Fellow, has received the 2017 Paul L. Bush Award from the nonprofit Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, in recognition…
A crash course on climate change at La Brea Tar Pits
The events, collectively titled A Climate Series for the Ages, seek to open a dialogue between the Los Angeles community and professors, authors, researchers and experts focused on the topic.…
GSWRG Prepares for the World Water Forum College Grant Program for 2018-2019, starting on October 13.
This year, the GSWRG is disseminating information about the upcoming World Water Forum College Grant Program, which is administered by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. (MWD) Additional sponsors…
UCLA Graduate Student Water Resources Group Organizes for the 2017-2018 School Year
The Graduate Student Water Resources Group (GSWRG) was first started in 2012, and is now organizing its fifth year. The 2017-2018 Co-Chairs include Sonali Abraham, a 2nd year Environmental Science…
Understanding cities as more than just things
With human impacts thus concentrated, you might expect urban areas to be a focal point of environmental research. That hasn’t always been the case, said Stephanie Pincetl, director of the…
An intimate glimpse at Arctic wildlife in a year of record ice melt
I joined naturalists to observe wildlife in the Arctic Circle—and learned a surprising fact about Santa’s reindeer
Ted Parson: It’s time to take climate engineering seriously
According to UCLA Law School’s Ted Parson, those measures probably need to include climate engineering—large-scale manipulations of environmental processes to counteract global warming. That’s what he argued in an article…
Announcing the 2017 Pritzker Award finalists
Kareiva made the statement in announcing six finalists for the inaugural Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, launched in July with financial support from the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation.…
The science behind “An Inconvenient Sequel”
The decade-plus since the first movie has seen record-breaking climate changes and extremes
The Science Police
In their introduction to the upcoming book, the ecologists Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier write: “Working as editors for some of the major journals in our field, we have seen first-hand reviewers worrying as much about the political fallout and potential misinterpretation by the public as they do about the validity and rigor of the science.”
Visiting Bouamir: a photo essay
She’s spent a lifetime traveling and trekking, and the decades of backpacking, rock-climbing and the slow march of time have taken their toll. She’s had two hip replacements, and then…
A tiny fraction of oceans could satisfy the world’s fish demand
New global study maps out where fish and seafood can be sustainably farmed in the world's oceans.
Inconvenient data: voter apathy and its cost in carbon
The second installment in a three-part companion series to An Inconvenient Sequel. How much does voting matter? Our experts estimate the carbon output of Trump versus Clinton.
The truth about cats’ and dogs’ environmental impact
I can’t has cheezburger: UCLA researcher finds that feeding pets creates the equivalent of 64 million tons of carbon dioxide a year
Meet the 2017 Pritzker candidates: 16-20
by Rebecca Ash Next month, we’ll announce the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award finalists. Until then, meet the final group of candidates for the award, which is dedicated to someone under…
Meet the Pritzker candidates: 11-15
by Rebecca Ash Two weeks after the announcement of the inaugural Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, our 20 candidates continue to be narrowed down to five finalists. All under the age of 40,…
Jordan Rosencranz awarded UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship
Jordan Rosencranz has been awarded a UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, which is designed to help students in the final writing stage of their doctorates. For his research, Rosencranz partnered with…
Sonali Abraham becomes first recipient of the ES&E Pankaj Parekh Graduate Fellowship
Sonali Abraham is the first recipient of the Pankaj Parekh Graduate Fellowship, which is awarded to a first-year doctoral student focusing on water issues. Growing up in the Middle East…