Interview on The Young Turks ScIQ with UCLA environmental economist Alan Barreca by Jayde Lovell about climate change effects on public health, vulnerable communities, and the state of California. They also…
UCLA research finds warming temperatures have a negative effect on fertility, birth rates
UCLA-led genetic research reveals global warming is a serious threat for a bird species in decline
Professor Aradhna Tripati was named a Geological Society of America (GSA) fellow at the organization’s spring meeting in April. Founded in 1888, GSA serves geoscientists in academia, government and industry. Fellowships…
Eleven years later, Barack Obama’s environmental vision still requires diversity in science
UCLA research predicts dramatic shifts between extreme dry and extreme wet weather by end of 21st century
The range contains the highest point in the continental United States, Mount Whitney, and is home to both the oldest and largest trees in the world — as well as…
UCLA led-research shows Earth may be approaching a carbon dioxide threshold for melting ice in the Arctic
Research will help to inform policy on conservation of wetlands
The 1,000-mile ride will fund research at the UCLA Center for Climate Science
Since its founding in 1997, the center has made important environmental discoveries in more than 45 countries on four continents, publishing more than 300 academic articles. Its work ranges from…
But times are changing, and cities across California have begun to push back with lawsuits. These recent legal actions were the focus of a January 23 panel discussion hosted by…
The hardy marine invertebrates can survive bleaching but their growth is slowed, study finds
This ignorance can result in insufficient responses to real threats like climate change
This Thursday, January 25, UCLA Law School’s Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment continues that exploration, hosting a free, public discussion at Fowler Museum on holding fossil fuel companies accountable in California. Closing remarks will be delivered by Ken Kimmell, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Sea-level change and the topography of coastlines shapes the evolution of species and biodiversity, according to a study published today in Molecular Ecology. Researchers including UCLA evolutionary biologist David Jacobs…
The whole hillside, dotted with red California fuchsia, was clearly ready to burn. Anyone could walk up one of the many roads and trails in these parched hills and strike…
Pritzker Award winner Dan Hammer’s satellite images reveal the scale of 2017’s massive fires
Record-breaking weather consistent with climate change is fanning the flames
The capitalist paradigm as a world economic system that works for people and the planet is failing. For cities and nature, shifting graciously and well into the Anthropocene requires a fundamentally different political-economy that reflects new ethics and priorities.
https://youtu.be/_EGYhQXdlzI Artists, writers and media organizations are playing vital roles in conveying the science and ethics of global warming. This conversation will explore how experiments in environmental storytelling and media…
https://youtu.be/PX_aXkLUa8c It is tough to feel urgency when climate change seems like something happening to future generations, in faraway lands. The reality is, it is and will affect all of…
The Geological Society of America awarded UCLA’s Aradhna Tripati the 2017 Bromery Award for Minorities, which is given to a minority who has “made significant contributions to research in the geological…
UC Berkeley scholar honored for making satellite images more accessible to journalists