First Ph.D. recipients among IoES students graduating with advanced degrees
The Ph.D. program was launched in 2018 and the ESE program is 50 years old this year. Some of their research and accomplishments: Noam Rosenthal focused on wildfires in his…
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Aradhna Tripati quoted for the Center for Biological Diversity — Top Scientists: California Must End Neighborhood Oil Drilling, New Fossil Fuel Permits
Ph.D. professor Aradhna Tripati urges California’s governor to stop new oil and gas permit approvals, stressing that “Gov. Newsom has the power to end the neighborhood oil drilling that is…
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Narayan Gopinathan in UCLA Daily Bruin—UCLA plans to add more EV charging stations, support sustainable transportation
UCLA Transportation is planning to expand sustainable transportation and electric vehicle charging facilities on campus in an effort to reduce UCLA’s contributions to transportation emissions. Narayan Gopinathan, an environment and…
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Edith de Guzman: LA Times — Heat waves are killing more L.A. homeless people who can’t escape broiling sunEdith de Guzman: LA Times
About 150 people die every day in L.A. County during the summertime, but during an extreme heat event the deaths increase by 8% to 30%, according to Edith de Guzman,…
Dangerous combination of extreme heat and smoke affected 16.5 million Californians
With climate change, the frequency of these dual exposures and related health problems will only increase, say researchers who studied the 2020 fire season
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.”…
